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Iron Contributor

Nov 27, 2019

Does “Install” make a website a PWA?

Thurrott.com reports today that Outlook.com and 365 OWA are converting to PWAs. If I “install” these sites will they be PWAs? Or do I need to wait until seeing the little arrow in the right hand end o...

HotCakeX

MVP

Nov 27, 2019

Hi Watney

if you install any website as an app, Edge insider will treat them as a PWA, regardless of whether that website is actually a PWA (such as Spotify web, Google photos, outlook email etc) or just a normal web page like a Google search.

Watney

Iron Contributor

Nov 27, 2019

When you say “treat” does that mean the same in all instances? In other words, will Edge Insider make a non-PWA website into a PWA? Thanks, if you know what I mean?

HotCakeX
MVP
Nov 27, 2019
Watney
Watney wrote:
When you say “treat” does that mean the same in all instances? In other words, will Edge Insider make a non-PWA website into a PWA? Thanks, if you know what I mean?
Well the thing is the line between a PWA and a website is very thin and blurry,
in Edge insider, all websites are treated the same way when they are added as an app (or PWA).

Edge doesn't make a non-PWA into a PWA.

PWA:
"A progressive web application is a type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It is intended to work on any platform that uses a standards-compliant browser. "

this is why I say the line between a PWA and a normal web site is blurry because both of them use the same 3 programing languages.

but some of PWAs are obvious such as Spotify web player, Whatsapp web, Telegram web, Google Photos (maybe?), Gmail, Outlook etc