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
They don't package anything in fact. It isn't like FxOS apps. What they package is just the URL. Updates happen the same way through ServiceWorker. Model is the same as Twitter packaged their PWA to Android via Cordova. Nobody said it's bad then
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Replying to @nekrtemplar @KingstonTime and
I'm not saying it's "bad" to create a hybrid app. Just questioning whether the term PWA really applies to a packaged app installed from an app store which has access to non-standard OS APIs.
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Replying to @bfrancis @KingstonTime and
As I see it, the only difference between WebAPK and this model is access to non-standard OS APIs. But yeah, it isn't clear if it's good or bad. I would prefer standard APIs myself too.
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Replying to @nekrtemplar @bfrancis and
We started with this packaged model via the Store, but do intend to provide an install-from-browser experience. WinRT access from web apps has been part of the Windows app platform via HWAs - it would extremely odd for PWAs to be a regression from that principle.
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Replying to @kylealden @nekrtemplar and
That said, like any device integration, OS APIs should be an enhancement - this is something we'll be emphasizing at Build. A good example is the Twitter PWA, which calls the WinRT store ratings dialog from the PWA when it's installed on Windows.
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Replying to @kylealden @nekrtemplar and
I don't want to be overly negative because I'm genuinely excited about Microsoft and Apple embracing Web App Manifest and Service Workers after years of evolving towards where we are now. But what you're describing sounds exactly like "embrace and extend" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish …
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I look forward to Mozilla's pure Desktop PWA support and associated store!
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Replying to @slightlylate @kylealden and
Maybe
@andreasbovens can make that happen? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1407202 … In the meantime, here's my@webianproject prototype.pic.twitter.com/3M2B9Nzrzc
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