> Why didn't you make it easier for the non-technical to carve out their own spaces on the web rather than forcing them into the centralized digital fiefdom known as social media?
I'm trying to convince a company to use #PWA for their very simple app. The problem is that they want to see an example of a PWA that prompts an install.
I've found a ton of good PWAs (yummly, pinterest, uber) but they either prompt to install their app😱 or just sit there an make me pull down the menu to 'install app'.
Are there any examples that actually PROMPT the user to install? I realize this needs to be done gently. I'm just looking for any example to convince them.
@scottjenson it’s actually discouraged to immediately show a prompt, the reason being that it could be intrusive to a user for example when they’re still on the onboarding process and haven’t even had the chance to get to use the app yet.
As far as I know, the install-event also doesn’t fire on page load, but rather after the user-agent determines that it would be appropriate to prompt for installation. 🤔
@scottjenson that being said, I have also noticed that some of my users don’t realise they have the option to install the app and thus dismiss it after the first use. 🤔
So maybe a banner isn’t that bad of an idea (since you kind of need one on Safari anyway). 😅
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just realized i've had the mollywhite.net domain for over 10 years(!!)
related sneak peek into an upcoming piece: i firmly believe that if you're going to spend money on one thing online it should be a domain, particularly as online identity gets more fragmented. as platforms come and go, you can always find me there.
@mwl@molly0xfff Yes! And, the beauty of it is that you still can use someone else's platform (MySpace back in the day, Substack or whatever today), but as long as you advertise a domain you own, you can just redirect it later.
Owning a domain is like the digital equivalent of a forwarding address that never expires. Nobody ever has to worry about which town you live in on any given month, because they'll always get to you no matter what.
Progettare male un sito #web può avere delle conseguenze politiche curiose. In Islanda molte persone non si sono accorte di essersi candidate alle #elezioni presidenziali. 🫣
@lazza un modo ingegnoso per selezionare i cittadini più stupidi, superficiali e distratti, così da riunirli e costruire la nuova classe dirigente della nostra utopia preferita: Idiocracy! 😁
Quite a few years ago, one of us decided to check how many unique pages were in her browser history. To her surprise, she found that she was visiting a mere 10,000 pages a year. That is, even though the #Web as a whole may host billions of pages, her Web was extremely small. If you are an avid browser, your history may hold quite a few more documents, but the fact remains: individually, we only use a tiny proportion of the information on the Web.
Honestly, the #web is unusable without an adblocker and some form of “tweaks” app these days. Ads are one thing but all these cookie and newsletter banners and autoplay videos. I’m so happy when I find my results on pages like Wikipedia.. #frontend