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Why doesn't outlook.com have a plus sign in the Edge address bar like other Chromium browsers do?
DaveLPG outlook is not yet a PWA. I'm not sure if they have a timeline yet for becoming one or not, unfortunately. However, you get basically the same experience when you "install site as an app" as you do from a PWA, the differences are subtle.
In order to get the "Plus" sign in the omnibox for install, three things must be true:
1. the site is served over HTTPS
2. the site has a manifest json file at the root of the domain
3. the site has service workers
You can always go to webhint.io and run a scan on any url to get a "PWA" score.
All that said, we expect that end users will really not be able to tell much difference between a "real" PWA and a site that is installed. Primarily, the differences will come from what would be contained in the manifest, as well as potential offline capabilities.
-John
johnjansen Thank you for your quick reply and explanation. I think I'll wait till I see a plus sign before I "install" outlook.com. While PWAs sound interesting, they are, at least at the moment, confusing from a user perspective.
Dave...