Re:Tiny PWAs and why I keep building them
by ynniv on Sunday February 03, 2019 @09:03AM
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I've argued both sides of this for a long time. The short argument for web apps are that you have real control over them, which means any platform, any time. An iOS app from five years ago is useless without recompilation with the current toolchain, and even then it only works on iOS. A web page from 1994 still renders unmodified today, on any platform, and will for the foreseeable future.
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Re:Tiny PWAs and why I keep building them
by vb6lives on Sunday February 03, 2019 @09:17AM
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> A web page from 1994 still renders unmodified today, on any platform, and will for the foreseeable future.
Rose tinted glasses.
There was a time not too long ago where IE6 was virtually required because of activex, vbscript, ie specific markup, etc.
Yes, there are always ways to lock yourself in. If you only use features supported by multiple browsers and consider the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect, you stand a decent chance of long term survival. What you sacrifice is efficiency and polish, which are important, so choose wisely.