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Any advice for PWA developers who are trying to make use of possibly attached hardware? I'm looking to build a POS app that needs to connect to a receipt printer and scanner, but having trouble finding support for the printer bit. Trying to avoid any pop-up dialogue that requires user confirmation.
Any advice for PWA developers who are trying to make use of possibly attached hardware? I'm looking to build a POS app that needs to connect to a receipt printer and scanner, but having trouble finding support for the printer bit. Trying to avoid any pop-up dialogue that requires user confirmation.
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nobody outside of tech cares they already use web apps with optional notifications anybody developing mobile apps knows that almost nobody downloads the company’s app, and it’s just there for vanity and clout
> nobody outside of tech cares Yeah i know, hence "So far no one I know outside of tech knows or cares that this is even possible, but I hope sites like this will gradually change that and also change people's perceptions of what has to be a "native" app." > anybody developing mobile apps knows that almost nobody downloads the company’s app, and it’s just there for vanity and clout What do you mean here? Did you mean…
many of the reasons are that discovery is bad , and many people have run out of space on their phones, and generally just aren’t interested in another app
but PWAs solve this by at least letting people experience your service
I like the concept a lot, but I also think it should filter to only installable apps by default. If you detect a user is on a mobile device, it would probably also make sense to enable the mobile filter by default too. It would also be nice if there was an offline-capable filter as well, but maybe I missed it? I also notice the Developer tab is not part of the PWA, which kicks you out of the PWA experience on iOS, ev…
Re notifications, 100% agree - this was a major roadblock. The next few years are going to be very interesting :-P
This is awesome, as PWAs get better I really REALLY hope they'll challenge the big app stores. So far no one I know outside of tech knows or cares that this is even possible, but I hope sites like this will gradually change that and also change people's perceptions of what has to be a "native" app. I don't see any reason why in 10 years we should still be paying the 30% tax (+ the $100/year) just to get something wit…
When I install something from those stores, I feel like there is some level of vetting against malware, or at least the ability for the store to pull it if it becomes known-malicious after I installed it. 30% might be too much of a fee, but some payment for that service makes sense, I think. Are PWAs somehow immune to this concern by virtue of running on the way stricter feature set that a browser offers? If they can…
I don't.
Google Play has served me malware on my device (touchpal) that went undiscovered forever. And tons of high search ranking apps are straight up scams or data harvesting fronts even if they aren't legally "malware." I feel more secure about web apps because at least I am protected by the browser's sandboxing/fingerprinting protection (and in my case Cromite's extra blocking).
IDK about iOS, but Google Play is a dumpster fire. I hope it burns to the ground.
What are the security concerns with something like this? Can PWAs contain malicious code? If yes, what can they do?
Security-wise, they cannot do anything worse then a website can. In other words, this is _less_ then a native app can do.
I signed up as dev to get my webapp listed. I stumbled upon your priced plans, and was wondering what a 'direct download link' is and why I would pay $10/month for it.
Any advice for PWA developers who are trying to make use of possibly attached hardware? I'm looking to build a POS app that needs to connect to a receipt printer and scanner, but having trouble finding support for the printer bit. Trying to avoid any pop-up dialogue that requires user confirmation.
Hey @presson, I signed up as dev to get my webapp listed. I stumbled upon your priced plans, and was wondering what a 'direct download link' is and why I would pay $10/month for it.
I don't just want installable apps, I want installable apps to be offline or at least offline first too with optional login. I won't even consider it installable if it needs Internet to be of any use. Please add a way to filter these too.
Great domain and it looks it can become a defacto web store for apps.