Progressive Web Apps on iOS are here 🚀

iOS doesn’t support Progressive Web Apps, so what?

One common argument for why organizations aren’t investing in Progressive Web Apps is that iOS doesn’t support them. Hogwash. Here’s why organizations should invest in Progressive Web Apps regardless. Source: Pixabay Progressive Web Apps still work on iOS Just because iOS doesn’t support every aspect of Progressive Web Apps…

Native Apps are Doomed

From now on, I won’t be building any more native apps. All my apps going forward will be progressive web apps. Progressive web apps are web…

What PWA Can Do Today

A showcase of what is possible with Progressive Web Apps today.

Making PWAs installable - Progressive web apps | MDN

One of the defining aspects of a PWA is that it can be promoted by the browser for installation on the device. Once installed, a PWA appears to users as a platform-specific app, a permanent feature of their device which they can launch directly from the operating system like any other app.

PWA Demos & Examples — What PWA Can Do Today

Learn what Progressive Web Apps are and see 40+ live demos of what they can do today — installation, notifications, file system access, and more.

Yes, That Web Project Should Be a PWA

A Progressive Web App (PWA) is a website with special powers. Despite what you might have heard, most websites—and, more importantly, their readers—can benefit from becoming PWAs. And it’s so easy!…

Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊) (@jaredwhite@indieweb.social)

Oooooo, this is a real big cherry on top! New Safari 26 feature: “Every site can be a web app on iOS and iPadOS” Just like in macOS, anything can become an installable web app if you wish. This is huuuuuuuuge! Most of the apps I use every day are web apps! https://webkit.org/blog/16993/news-from-wwdc25-web-technology-coming-this-fall-in-safari-26-beta/ #WWDC25 #Apple

Why I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

Monday of last week I was all excited. I had just gotten the green light to start prototyping a new Progressive Web App for a client I've been working with.

Safari on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 for PWA and Web Developers－firt.dev

New APIs, abilities, bugs, and challenges for Safari and PWAs running in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 including FaceID and TouchID, Service Worker changes, Geolocation, Performance and more.

Progressive Web Apps: Escaping Tabs Without Losing Our Soul - Infrequently Noted

Progressive Web Apps are aren't packaged and deployed through stores, they're just websites that took all the right vitamins.

Yet another blog about the state and future of Progressive Web App

Progressive Web Apps are in flux at the moment, these are the opinions of someone who has been working on web apps before they got conflated with Service Workers and new web tech.

iOS 11, thoroughly reviewed

Wide-ranging update is full of changes, but iPad benefits the most.

The viability of JS frameworks on mobile

Whether I like it or not, not everyone using my web apps will be running iOS 9 on an iPhone 6S or a Nexus 6P and connecting via super-speedy wifi.

News from WWDC23: WebKit Features in Safari 17 beta

It’s been a fantastic year for WebKit.