Couldnt add it to homescreen on ios firefox because the option in the share menu wasn’t there
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#12It's kinda sad that the website doesn't prominently display which features have "universal" support across iOS and Android. The whole point of PWAs is to provide cross platforms apps so if a feature isn't available on all/most platforms, I don't think it's fair to say that it's really usable at all in your PWA.
Knowing what will come and be available is also a valid use case. If you want to know about support every feature has links to MDN and caniuse, just check there. The web isn't as simple as comparing iOS/Android. For example Firefox on desktop isn't Firefox on Android and Firefox on iOS is just Safari. The web is a complex ecosystem.
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#13This should have big warnings on it. Some of these are not web standards; they are features implemented unilaterally by Google in Blink that have been explicitly rejected by both Mozilla and Apple on privacy and security grounds.
Take Web Bluetooth, for example:
Mozilla:
> This model is unsustainable and presents a significant risk to users and their devices.
— https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#web-bluetooth
Apple:
> Here are some examples of features we have decided to not yet implement due to fingerprinting, security, and other concerns, and where we do not yet see a path to resolving those concerns
— https://webkit.org/tracking-prevention/
This is Microsoft’s Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish bullshit applied to the web platform by Google. Google keeps implementing these things despite all other major rendering engines rejecting them, convinces people that they are part of the web, resulting in sites like this, then people start asking why Firefox and Safari are “missing functionality”. These are not part of the web platform, they are Google APIs that have been explicitly rejected.
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#14I'm wondering why there isn't a calendar API available. I wanted to create a simple PWA to track upcoming events for my favorite sports. It would be convenient to sync these events with my phone's calendar. Currently, downloading .ical files isn't a sufficient solution because it requires accepting prompts for each event and doesn't allow for modifications (as I am aware).
I track sport events with Fantastical’s interesting calendars.
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#15I'm wondering why there isn't a calendar API available. I wanted to create a simple PWA to track upcoming events for my favorite sports. It would be convenient to sync these events with my phone's calendar. Currently, downloading .ical files isn't a sufficient solution because it requires accepting prompts for each event and doesn't allow for modifications (as I am aware).
You're looking for SOGo. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOGo
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#16Spam you with spam spamifications. Clutter your mobile device device with more twisty little icons that all look look the same. Attempt to store content with an unreliable storage service. Move on folks, nothing more to see here. PWAs are just another Google side project, talking about them in 2024 is like still being hung up on a chat app Google killed years ago or being that guy who did his whole house up in Materi…
Whatever their merits, PWAs are not a Google side project. The idea was first proposed by Steve Jobs and Microsoft is excited about it, too [1]. In other words, all the big players are in on it. It's a good idea and frankly superior to the current Store+PhoneApp approach to making stateful apps that can run on mobile devices. Contributing helps. Being sour, not so much. [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft…
Some of the functionality listed on this site is not part of the web platform, but rather Blink-only APIs Google implemented unilaterally that have been explicitly rejected by Mozilla and Apple.
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#17Spam you with spam spamifications. Clutter your mobile device device with more twisty little icons that all look look the same. Attempt to store content with an unreliable storage service. Move on folks, nothing more to see here. PWAs are just another Google side project, talking about them in 2024 is like still being hung up on a chat app Google killed years ago or being that guy who did his whole house up in Materi…
What's with the FUD. What else besides PWAs promise to free everyone from app store rent and anticompetitive policies?
PWAs would also open the doors to new mobile OSs beyond Google or apple control.
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#18This should have big warnings on it. Some of these are not web standards; they are features implemented unilaterally by Google in Blink that have been explicitly rejected by both Mozilla and Apple on privacy and security grounds. Take Web Bluetooth, for example: Mozilla: > This model is unsustainable and presents a significant risk to users and their devices. — https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#web-bluet…
Thanks for putting it in context, the Bluetooth API has been a big source of frustration in my exploration of PWAs. So many simple setup apps wouldn't need to be native.
A cross platform Bluetooth API for the web would provide really easy PoC with MCUs.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Whatever their merits, PWAs are not a Google side project. The idea was first proposed by Steve Jobs and Microsoft is excited about it, too [1]. In other words, all the big players are in on it. It's a good idea and frankly superior to the current Store+PhoneApp approach to making stateful apps that can run on mobile devices. Contributing helps. Being sour, not so much. [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft…
Some of the functionality listed on this site is not part of the web platform, but rather Blink-only APIs Google implemented unilaterally that have been explicitly rejected by Mozilla and Apple.
Apple wants to keep in control with the app store. PWAs threaten that control. So much so apple doesn't allow other browsers.
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#20I'm wondering why there isn't a calendar API available. I wanted to create a simple PWA to track upcoming events for my favorite sports. It would be convenient to sync these events with my phone's calendar. Currently, downloading .ical files isn't a sufficient solution because it requires accepting prompts for each event and doesn't allow for modifications (as I am aware).
I might be missing something here but thet "Calendar API" exists for a long time: CalDav.
You can have .ical for a whole Calendar, not only an (offline) event. The calendar can be synced with new events, through CalDav, when they are added to the calendar you shared. You would still have to accept the prompt once but that is it.