Web apps in app stores would be fantastic.https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/739537287315230720 …
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Replying to @triblondon
@slightlylate I think it's the normal next step but it's not a new idea. Amazon App Store has it for a while. But did it work?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @firt
: I think that's a question that needs a follow-up: "and for who?"
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Replying to @slightlylate @firt
: for instance, we don't have tons of evidence that users are confused about PWA discovery, but lots of business interest
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Replying to @slightlylate @triblondon
Add to Home was on iOS for 8 years and it was never a big deal with the icon really sharing space with apps
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Replying to @firt
: no prompting and no guarantee that resulting icon would meet implicit app contract
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I don't think most people even know that obscure option exists
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FT had good installation rates there; but they have the power of communication for achieving that
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2 million people saved FT web app to homescreen, but no-one was happy with the UX we had to implement to do it
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It was 2 taps vs. 1 tap now, I don’t see a big difference. Yes, the native banner is better, but just that
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: this is why I'm glad we have thoughtful UI people on Chrome. Little differences at scale == huge impact.
/cc @triblondon @rauchg
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