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What is the difference between a regular app and a web app? Does iOS have WebApps or is just an Android thing? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by void_hunter to c/[email protected]

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I've been using wefwef WebApps to browse the fediverse and am curious to understand how it works. I do not have knowledge deep knowledge about coding or programming.

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[–] guyman -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think webapps are accessed solely through the browser. It doesn't make sense to differ them based on 'low level access.' I have an app that is essentially just HTTP requests to a RESTful server. I have access to all the features any other app has, provided I am granted the proper permissions. I still only use the app to communicate with a webserver via HTTP.

It's why we have someone saying "wefwef does things I didn't know a webapp could!" Probably because it's not a webapp. It's just an app, lol.

It also has nothing to do with writing an app in a platform's "native language." Jesus. Stop upvoting that guy, lol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Wefwef is a web app. Its a PWA - progressive web app. It is accessed through your browser. You can "install" it, and access it without the browser interface. It is however still the browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If being accessed solely through the browser is your qualification for web app, then wefwef (a PWA or Progressive Web App) meets that too, as it can only be used by a browser. “Installing” it is essentially equivalent to adding a shortcut to your desktop.

Also, Teams, Discord, and any other software written using Electron would then be a web app as well since every one of their windows is a browser window.