I think you mean: "It's so good it COULD be a native app"
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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Came here to say this.
Without the restrictions of being on App Stores and going through reviews, devs can move so much faster. I feel like two or three times a day it tells me a new version can be grabbed, and it's caught up to and bypassed the alpha/beta apps from Testflight which get updated once a week (if lucky).
This is the first web app that I have used which installs, updates, and works like it does. I literally had no idea that something so streamlined and efficient could be done in such a way. Hats off to the developer, I’ll gladly buy wefwef if he ever makes it available on the App/Playstore.
This, Justchill, and Seez are so good, they have me considering learning how to make PWA. I went down a ionic, react native, and flutter rabbit hole yesterday. Lol
Seez? At least put the url
Just google it. This isn't a piracy thread so I'm not sure I can link it.
I agree, I would likely use it if it was an actual app, sadly due to restrictions web apps have on my device I can't use it xD
I think it works perfectly as it is now except for the Safari bug where swiping back a page makes it refresh the page and force you back to the top of it. I guess there’s nothing the wefwef devs can do about it but damn it’s annoying.
as a web app, it can be installed on any device that has a browser. Dev doesn't also need to publish his work in app/play stores which may require extra payment
And since it doesn’t have to be published in any app stores, it can be updated much more quickly and frequently.
I'm amazed how well it works. Didn't know a PWA could be this good. The only thing that I really miss is being able to save posts to check later, because I hide read posts.
Edit: oh and the option to block communities and users.
I still have it installed on my phone but have found it to be quite laggy when scrolling content so i don't use it much. I keep checking every so often in hopes that clears up though..
That's because you're on lemmy.world
That instance has been brutally slow recently. I switched and it's so much better
That makes sense. I struggled to sign up on other instances with their need for me to write a paragraph about my intents with their instance. Lemmy.world was the only one with a smooth signup process for me.
I just tried wefwwf again and couldn't even reply to this message of yours. Three keyboard won't pop up when I hit the reply button.
So aside from lag, it's still got a few fit & finish issues too. I'll keep checking it though because i do like the interface.
No reason you can't participate with the instance from another one.
But yeah, making an account on another instance and coming back after the growing pains might be a solution too
I'm not saying that the PWA is horrible, but I think a native app would be better too. Really, the only issue I have with it is the refresh rate. For some reason, the display randomly switches to 60hz, especially when sliding to go to the previous page.
Using the developer options to see the current refresh rate does not represent this, but you can clearly see it. I feel that a native app would be able to force 120hz throughout the app.
The only reason I say this is because, when first tried to install the PWA from Kiwi Browser which was pretty smooth but switched to 60hz here and there. I thought this was because of Kiwi Browser so installed the PWA from Chrome. When I did that, it was fully in 120hz only, completely unusable, so I went back to the Kiwi PWA
Edit: the refresh rate is fine while in Chrome browser, it's only in the installed PWA that the refresh rate goes to shit. Anyone who has a 120hz display knows that even going back to 60hz for a second is jarring.