Comment by roysting
11 hours ago
It’s about convenience in most cases; an “app” to tap on, not a URL to remember and enter or a bookmark to save, name, file, and locate.
Just like apps in general, PWAs are mostly a mobile heavy modality. Bookmarks and the browser is largely still fine on laptop/desktop, but even there you see the app design language start prevailing with things like bookmarks and “recent sites” being presented like app icons.
Even if it's not a PWA, on both iPhone and Android you can create an "app icon" that will open a URL in a chromeless window. It's as simple as tapping "Add to home" from your browser.
So you get your "app" to tap on.
I swear it is so alien to me. Tapping on an app is equivalent to tapping on a link in my bookmarks.
You could even have a button on website to install an icon on the launcher which goes directly to the site in a webview
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