TECHNOLOGY IS THE FOUNDATION
It's a very new standard that combines the most desirable features of native mobile apps and of mobile website:
— no downloads, installations, updates
— launches from an icon on home screen
— works offline
— has a smooth feeling, quick scrolling, built in navigation and works well on all devices
— single source code for web and apps
Mobsted PWAbility MANIFESTO (m-PWA 2.0)
We have been working with the PWA like approach since 2014, even before the term itself was born. We know that mobile business processes consist of many faces and channels, not just mobile apps. We converge all powers of apps, web, cloud, texting, messengers, Push and more into one multi/omni channel system. Each person can choose how to access the app, seamless and deep functionality and a variety of instruments for all types of mobile based business processes.
Starting earlier, we had an opportunity to improve many key points for PWAs to become a 100% substitute to native apps in most use cases:
— equal PWA work on both Android and iOS
— offline mode, especially on iOS
— standalone security & authentication issues
— multichannel communication capabilities
— security issues on top of basic HTTPS usage
— app distribution methods
— single source with native like behaviour for each OS