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There is still no way to trigger an "install on homepage" dialogue from javascript, right? This seems to be the biggest limiting factor to me—The need for PWAs to include _instructions on how_ to install the app rather than a button to make it so.
Not on iOS, but you can trigger native install prompts on android and chromium browsers (Chrome and Edge).
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…
PWA button doesn't do anything? Is it supposed to install or save something somewhere? On Firefox Mobile.
Curious about the backing org. Is it nonprofit/open-source, or a startup? And if the latter, what's the business model?
would never install a web app
Nice domain name.
Really nice idea and superb website, thank you. I wish we could submit without register though.
Is it just me that I like websites with URLs on the browser while trying to avoid Apps wherever possible, especially on the desktop? Please don’t take me the wrong way; I was the one developing apps for Pocket PC devices in the early 2000s. For instance, “Twitter” is the first featured “app” I see here at Store.App. However, when I use Twitter, I tend to click away on links and read/browse them. How are people using…
You definitely are not alone. Even on mobile, not only desktop, if I can do away without an app I'd really do that. We have a movie booking app in our country BookMyShow (the less said about this company and practices is better) and I just book it on its mobile website mostly (though I try to book in the theatre and almost always I have to make a scene to get a print ticket when I refuse to share my number fearing ce…
I 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!
There's already https://appsco.pe for example.
I like the idea and execution. Is good spread the PWA feature of the web to battle the duopoly of native app stores, even if PWA has their disadvantages. Feedback: I'm browsing the site on Firefox desktop, sadly it doesn't support install PWA yet. You may want to add some banner for Firefox users alerting about that.