
CHRIS PRICE
ILLUSTRATED BY COURTNEY YULE
THE TALE OF
THE BROWSER AND THE PLUGIN

THE TALE OF
THE BROWSER AND THE PLUGIN
IN THE CONTEXT OF LINE OF BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
CHRIS PRICE
ILLUSTRATED BY COURTNEY YULE

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS AN
APP STORE
CHRIS PRICE
ILLUSTRATED BY COURTNEY YULE

First, there was the mobile web.
Remember, this was
~10 years ago!
Then along came
native mobile apps
The era of the
App Store!
And then PhoneGap...
But what has the Browser been up to since then?
State of the Browser
Offline Support
Performance
Features
Discoverability
Offline Support
Service Worker
-
Local proxy you control
- Offline/partial connectivity behaviour
-
Smart/optimistic caching
-
Push notifications
-
Browser can be closed!
-
Browser can be closed!
-
And more...
- Geo-fencing
- Periodic sync
- ...
Performance
Original iPhone Safari Demo
Google I/O 2016
Features

https://remysharp.com/2016/05/28/state-of-the-gap
Features
- Browser will always lag native
- Good standards take time
- Good standards take time
- Mobile phone feature set is -
- Relatively mature
- Small incremental improvements
- Good enough?!
Apple Pay in Safari
Discoverability
Keyword Search
URL Sharing
State of the Browser
Offline Support
Performance
Features
Discoverability
But is it good enough?
My prediction...
THE END
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Once upon a time there was an app store
By Chris Price
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