Re:Tiny PWAs and why I keep building them
by paulgb on Sunday February 03, 2019 @03:56PM
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It’s a shame they haven’t budged much on push notifications. I know they have a reputation because they are used so much for spammy purposes, but I see that as a UI problem rather than a problem with push notifications themselves. I think if iOS got push notifications we’d start to see non-spammy use cases, e.g. one-click waitlist notifications and no-install turn-based games. One fun use I've found (I have an Android so push is supported) is getting messages with the loss at each training epoch in Keras (see the side project in my profile.)
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Re:Tiny PWAs and why I keep building them
by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday February 03, 2019 @05:27PM
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I think a reasonable solution on mobile is to only allow push notification requests to PWAs that you have added to your home screen (i.e. "installed"), and removing the app from your home screen should remove the notifications. This way it will function pretty much like native apps, and you won't have to worry as much about random requests for spammy notifications - if I've gone through the trouble to "install" the PWA, then it's more likely I have a higher degree of connection to that app than just some random news site asking if it wants to send me notifications.