Wow what did you pay for store.app? That was either clever & lucky or very expensive, surely?
Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps
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#92I love it, maybe finally developers will no longer be under the mercy of apple/google store! Probably the only thing PWA fails to do now that anything needs access to the hardware say wifi/Bluetooth scanner and such, and big games too, the rest of the apps, I don’t see why it needs to be installed from app/play store.
Finally developers can be under the mercy of some random dude who owns the store.app domain and charges for instead, joy!
Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps
#93Based
Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 totally agree, the security issue is the biggest thing app stores have going for them. I think 2 things. 1. if momentum goes PWA's way, smart people will work on these problems. I'm not saying I have the answers, but if I can root for either 2 megacorps or the open web, I'm going open web every time. (again, not saying we're there yet with PWAs) 2. If an app store's only function is vetting software, we can have an…
> smart people will work on these problems
They have been, it's just not your niche of interest! You don't know what you don't know, etc.
Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps
#95What are the security concerns with something like this? Can PWAs contain malicious code? If yes, what can they do?
Anything your browser can normally do with permissions allowed to domains by you.
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#96What a tragedy that what used to be called "installing" is now mocked by the industry lobby as "sideloading", and what used to just be "visiting a web page" has taken its rightful place. I have not and probably will not ever "install" a "web app". This is literally just a list of web sites. It's no more useful than Yahoo circa 1998 but now the bookmarks are on your desktop or homescreen rather than in your browser, w…
I like the idea of "installing" a web app that basically creates a bookmark to a webpage, because the alternative is installing an actual app. It's nice to have things all basically browser based as it gives the developer more control of the product and creates a single reasonable platform. I hate going to linkedin or Reddit or similar websites on mobile and them forcing me to use their app. It also breaks the domina…
Properly executed, it should act as segmented cache/cookies/storage, so you can clone, delete, etc isolated versions of your sessions with misbehaving (or potentially misbehaving) services.
Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps
#97I love it, maybe finally developers will no longer be under the mercy of apple/google store! Probably the only thing PWA fails to do now that anything needs access to the hardware say wifi/Bluetooth scanner and such, and big games too, the rest of the apps, I don’t see why it needs to be installed from app/play store.
Finally developers can be under the mercy of some random dude who owns the store.app domain and charges for instead, joy!
I see your point, but are they under this site mercy? This site is like a directory rather than a policy maker like app stores, it wont take % of any subscription for starter plus all the pros of lower development costs and what not. Say this site suddenly decided to remove your app? So what, your users can still go to your site and have the PWA, now if Apple decided to do the same to your app, good luck getting anyone to use it. Now is PWA the ultimate replacement? Certainly not, access to hardware, performance wise, games, you will still need them, but other than that, I think it’s a step forward.
Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps
#98What a tragedy that what used to be called "installing" is now mocked by the industry lobby as "sideloading", and what used to just be "visiting a web page" has taken its rightful place. I have not and probably will not ever "install" a "web app". This is literally just a list of web sites. It's no more useful than Yahoo circa 1998 but now the bookmarks are on your desktop or homescreen rather than in your browser, w…
There is one VERY big difference between PWAs and Yahoo circa 1998: you can use PWAs without a network connection, with full interactivity. This is really important for me, and probably for anyone who travels frequently, is on a metered internet connection, or just lives in a location with poor infrastructure.
Yahoo did and still does require you to be connected to the internet, and whether that's on a 2400 baud dial-up connection or a 5G wireless link, it will still cost money and be less reliable in places.
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#99Any 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.
If you don't need iOS, WebUSB should do the trick.
Keep in mind that WebUSB is exclusive to Chromium-based browsers — it won’t work on Firefox or Safari, and given how Google disregarded Mozilla’s and Apple’s feedback on the spec that’s unlikely to change.
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#100Nice idea but probably way ahead of its time, native app still rules if you want top experience for the foreseeable future