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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

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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!
       
  • 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
       
  • 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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