Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detriment to the web
I hate using web apps. On desktop, mobile, wherever. The author&#x27;s list of things they want supported by Mobile Safari is just aggravating:<p>&gt; <i>Here are a list of things you still can’t do with mobile safari due to Apple’s refusal to support them:</i><p>&gt;<p>&gt; <i>Create an app loading screen</i><p>&gt; <i>Use push notifications</i><p>&gt; <i>Add offline support</i><p>&gt; <i>Create an initial app UI to load instantly</i><p>&gt; <i>Prompt installation to the home screen through browser-guided dialog</i><p>Why do I want these things, as a user. App loading screens?<p>I love the web. I love hyperlinks, text and images. The web of connections that lead you to information. Everything in that list is detrimental to a good experience on the web.<p>I don&#x27;t want push notifications, I barely enable them for native apps. And it bugs the hell out of me when every second website in desktop Safari prompts to send me push notifications. No. Why would I want this on mobile?<p>Same thing with the home screen. I love the fact that the address bar in my web browser is my history, my reminders, my bookmarks, my open tabs. I start typing what I want and I&#x27;m there. Finding native apps on my home screen is only just getting to the same place with Spotlight, why would I want to make the web worse by sticking icons for pages on my home screen?<p>And browser-guided dialogs to put more icons on my home screen? Seriously?<p>This author&#x27;s post is a great argument against web apps on mobile.