(2017-05-17) Progressive Web Apps Yeh Or Meh

Progressive Web Apps: Yeh or Meh?

My concern is that they do not address the fundamental issue with the mobile web, which is performance

Service workers are not supported on iOS, correct? They are Android only

scroll is janky. Sometimes half the app doesn't load. Sometimes it zooms in for no reason. It doesn't remember your position when you go back. It's just a flimsy experience when compared with the native Twitter app.

We used mobile Twitter as a great example. It's re-written as a PWA, with service workers and React and yet, at least on iOS, it's still a mobile web experience with all of the usual caveats.

the big hitters for how PWA improves your app are 1) push notifications, 2) offline access, and 3) home screen icons.