If you take anything away from this post let it be how non-webby PWAs feel in use.
It also compresses media content by up to 70 percent. The data saver option in Twitter Lite allows me to keep on top of ‘ what’s happening…‘ on Twitter but without the app auto-downloading every image, gif and video clip the people I follow share. It is the one app that’s always running in the background.īut, sometimes, I work over a 4G tether and as I don’t have unlimited data I need to be data prudent. It’s one of the first apps I open when I boot up. It’s faster, cleaner, uses less data, and has all the features I need.Īnd I’m really loving it on the desktop, too. I’m a big Twitter user and generally prefer using a native Twitter client where possible, e.g., the official Twitter Android app, Corebird on Ubuntu, etc.īut Twitter Lite is a such a great example of Progressive Web Apps that it has replaced the official Twitter Android app on my Android phone.
Twitter Lite is sort of a flagship PWA, and its developers have written a lengthy blog post to detail how they built Twitter Lite and what they learned while doing so. If you’re a web developer, interested in web-based technologies or modern open standards, it’s well worth a read.
Google describes Progressive Web App (PWA) as: “…experiences that combine the best of the web and the best of apps”.Īccordingly, PWAs load instantly, work over patchy network connections, deliver push notifications, and load up as a ‘top-level, full screen experience’ with fluid interactions and smooth animations.īut most importantly they’re designed to look and feel like a normal app. ‘Progressive web apps are designed to look and feel like a normal app’
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