Progressive web apps are something near & dear to my heart. I'm still baffled that it is a "new" concept. Watch for my new blog series on it
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Replying to @caseybaggz
@caseybaggz: hrm, well, we needed Service Workers and prompting to really make it work well. But yeah, should have gotten here sooner.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate to work well, yes. But we don't need them for the basic concept. That is just icing on the cake.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @caseybaggz
@caseybaggz: turns out UI is the whole cake! Not having prompt or reliable offline/perf made previous attempts poor experiences.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@caseybaggz: and the entire PWA story is about things that "work well". That's the end-user benefit: these things are better to use.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate I don't disagree with that, the point I'm making though is SW don't make PWA. They just enhance them.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @caseybaggz
@caseybaggz: sorry, no. The experience difference to what we could do before is what _justifies_ a new name. See: https://infrequently.org/2016/05/service-workers-and-pwas-its-about-reliable-performance-not-offline/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
@caseybaggz: ok, but I sorta named PWAs?
https://infrequently.org/2015/06/progressive-apps-escaping-tabs-without-losing-our-soul/ …
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Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate true. I guess you focus on the technicalities and I focus on the usability and feel.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @caseybaggz
@caseybaggz: OK. Guess what I'm saying is you can't get good usability or "feel fast" w/o the enabling tech. That's all.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 1 more reply
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