Microsoft and Google collaborate to make PWAs better

Re:Microsoft and Google collaborate to make PWAs better by bobbylarrybobby on Friday July 10, 2020 @05:34PM (#23796772)

99.9% of users don’t even know what a browser engine is. Why would they care that they’re using WebKit instead of gecko or chromium? What they want is their bookmarks and such to sync between browsers across devices, and Apple lets that work just fine.

As an iPhone user I actually like that all phones use the same engine. It prevents the “this website is better viewed in <browser>” pop up from affecting mobile users (and in particular it forces google to support a browser other than chrome). In other words, the engine monoculture means that making a site work for any iOS users means it will work for every iOS user, which I as a user really appreciate.

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Re:Microsoft and Google collaborate to make PWAs better by ptx on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:00PM (#23797601)

If the last period of monoculture (the IE one) had persisted, most sites wouldn't have worked for any iOS users. iOS might not been feasible at all.

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Re:Microsoft and Google collaborate to make PWAs better by millstone on Friday July 10, 2020 @09:46PM (#23798703)

Yes, and the monoculture is Chrome, with Mobile Safari the holdout

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Re:Microsoft and Google collaborate to make PWAs better by osrec on Saturday July 11, 2020 @03:28AM (#23800292)

Holdout or simply holding back?

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