Re:Ask HN: Is it me or PWAs are pretty much dead?
by impassionedrule on Monday September 21, 2020 @09:28PM
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One of the issues I find is the lack of compatibility across the various mobile browsers.
As I'm building a PWA, I'm finding certain Web APIs that were intended for PWAs to be incompatible on Firefox/Safari, which defeats the purpose of "write it once/works everywhere on the web". For example, the Web Share Target and install prompt APIs have regressed from a W3 standard to a Chrome-specific standard.
I'm looking into Capacitor/Cordova as an alternative in the meantime.
As I'm building a PWA, I'm finding certain Web APIs that were intended for PWAs to be incompatible on Firefox/Safari, which defeats the purpose of "write it once/works everywhere on the web". For example, the Web Share Target and install prompt APIs have regressed from a W3 standard to a Chrome-specific standard.
I'm looking into Capacitor/Cordova as an alternative in the meantime.