Why are these considered PWAs? How is a packaged app from a store which wraps a website in a weview and has access to non-standard native APIs in a privileged context not just a hybrid app?
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Replying to @bfrancis @slightlylate and
Well, if it's the same website which can be accessed by the url, which can be added to home screen on Android/iOS via manifest, then why not?
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Replying to @nekrtemplar @bfrancis and
Windows even seems to call them hybrid apps. It's better than non web at all certainly but it's a totally different security model for a start.
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Replying to @KingstonTime @nekrtemplar and
It's still pretty interesting that they are indexing and treating PWAs as discoverable hybrid apps without submission though.
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Replying to @KingstonTime @nekrtemplar and
It just seems like a way of increasing the number of apps in the Windows Store without requiring developer submission, by crawling the web for app manifests, but then embracing and extending the web platform with proprietary APIs.
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Replying to @bfrancis @KingstonTime and
There's nothing wrong with creating a directory of web apps, but turning them into packaged apps with proprietary APIs which have to be installed from a central store feels like the antithesis of Progressive Web Apps.
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Replying to @bfrancis @nekrtemplar and
I'm interested if updates happen the same or of windows will be delivering stale content.
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Replying to @KingstonTime @bfrancis and
Like Firefox OS was more proprietary but submissions were done by developers. Crawling to turn into hybrid does raise different concerns certainly
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Replying to @KingstonTime @bfrancis and
Windows Store listings have a "claim" step. They aren't automatically displayed from crawl results.
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Replying to @slightlylate @KingstonTime and
Are there any other requirements other than claiming? I notice ASOS and Men's Warehouse only have manifests, but not service workers or other attributes I would expect from a PWA (like HTTPs).
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Good question for @MSEdgeDev! My hope (and understanding) was that they'd keep the same high quality bar that Chrome sets.
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Replying to @slightlylate @drewzie and
Thomas Steiner Retweeted Patrick Kettner
Most questions are answered in the blog post (core bits in https://twitter.com/tomayac/status/983428370431168512 …), &
@wycats,@patrickkettner clarified they just update by loading a URL (https://twitter.com/patrickkettner/status/983177284558307329?s=21 …). IMHO HTTPS must be a must.Thomas Steiner added,
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