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0 pointsgolergka4y ago0 comments

Because it's a very basic requirement for a mobile app.

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Then maybe it is a PWA that you are looking for. But this fine site we are using now works 100% without javascript. And it is fast.

ContentSP3214y ago

The "P" in Progressive Web App: https://infrequently.org/2015/06/progressive-apps-escaping-t...

Reminds me of the "P" in Progressive Enhancement: https://blog.tomayac.com/2020/01/23/progressive-enhancement-...

There are many valid reasons to support the full "PWA experience" and have fallbacks that works without JavaScript, and it is attainable. I have personally built PWAs that work offline with JavaScript enabled, as well as with a network connection without JavaScript enabled.

It might be better to think of a PWA as a regular high performant "mobile first web application" that took the right vitamins. ;-) The vitamins in this case are usage of service workers and a "Web app manifest."

From my perspective, the "Offline First" + "Mobile First" approaches have produced the most progressively enhanced web applications that I've even seen.

icedchai4y ago

Then you should build a native app. I never expect any web apps to work offline. If they do, that's nice, not expected.

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