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Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by euyyn on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:05AM (#14865956)
As an iOS user, do you ever use websites that are more than plain hypertext, even if they don't try to have an iOS native look?
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Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by Aaargh20318 on Thursday July 27, 2017 @12:08PM (#14866592)
A website is not an app. Not sure why I need to explain that.
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Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by erikpukinskis on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:01PM (#14868321)
Sure they are. Web sites are a subset of apps.
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Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by Aaargh20318 on Thursday July 27, 2017 @09:41PM (#14871250)
No they aren’t. Websites are a subset of documents, not apps.
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Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by erikpukinskis on Saturday July 29, 2017 @01:30AM (#14879669)
C++ files are documents too.
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Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by euyyn on Friday July 28, 2017 @10:29PM (#14879178)
You're using one right now as a forum, to communicate your thoughts.
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Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by euyyn on Thursday July 27, 2017 @01:37PM (#14867572)
Because some websites like forums, email clients, chats, calendars, stores, etc. are definitely applications, even though they're still websites and not native apps.
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Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by magic_beans on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:11PM (#14867906)
I think for most people, the answer is a resounding yes.
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