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If only they could make the WebPage or WebApp installing on Home Screen as easy as pressing a link. ( Which has all sort of other implications )

Otherwise modern day Web Browsing on Smartphone is mentally incompatible with Apps usage.



I'm not sure if you're joking or if your experience has been very different from mine, but from the couple I've installed it was as simple as clicking a link (or menu) and then confirming.


> If only they could make the WebPage or WebApp installing on Home Screen as easy as pressing a link.

When you have the web page / web application open, press the action button, then select Add to Home Screen.


If you visit a Progressive Web App a couple of times, the browser may ask if you want to add it to the Home Screen. Works for me on Android at least.




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