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I haven't seen anyone mention the kbin native(?) app!? I tried it and it seems perfect and amazing? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by ivanafterall@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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I tried Jerboa briefly and couldn't get it to work well for me. Then I visited kbin on my phone's browser and was prompted to install the kbin app!? I haven't seen any references to it, but it's exactly what I wanted...? Has anybody else tried it?

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[–] hardypart@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still don't understand the benefits of a PWA to be honest.

[–] clb92@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Easy to develop and works on all platforms,

[–] VerifiablyMrWonka@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

A good PWA is almost indistinguishable from a native app.

On Android, where they've bothered to implement the apis for it you've got access to all the same stuff (camera, location, Bluetooth etc)

Apple has less, which is ironic because originally the iOS platform was only going to be PWAs. I guess discovering they could take a 30% cut of all money taken changed their mind.

I recommend you take a look at https://elk.zone as an example of an excellent PWA (be sure to actually install it and use it that way)