Your website as a progressive web app (PWA)? Here are your options
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In today's digital world, it is more important than ever for businesses to have a strong online presence. One of the ways businesses can achieve this is by turning their website into an app. But what options are available? And which one is the best choice for your business?
In this blog post, we discuss the various options, with a focus on progressive web apps (PWAs).
What is a Progressive Web App?
A progressive web app (PWA) is a type of application that uses modern web technologies to provide an app-like experience in a web browser. PWAs combine the best features of websites and mobile apps. They are fast, reliable and can work offline. Moreover, they are platform-independent, meaning they can run on any device with a web browser.
Advantages of Progressive Web Apps
- Cost savings: Unlike native apps, which need to be developed separately for each platform, you only need to build a PWA once. This can result in significant cost savings.
- Accessed: PWAs are accessible via a URL, meaning users can easily share and access them without having to download or install anything.
- Fast loading times: Thanks to caching and other optimisation techniques, PWAs load faster than traditional websites, improving the user experience.
- Offline functionality: PWAs can work offline or during poor network connections, meaning users can always access the app's key features.
- SEO-friendly: Because PWAs are indexed by search engines, they can help increase your company's visibility online
Disadvantages of Progressive Web Apps
- Not available in app stores: The fact that a PWA does not need to be downloaded can be both an advantage and a disadvantage. Because a PWA is not in the app stores, it lacks the ability to use app store marketing. Moreover, a PWA does not automatically appear among other apps on the home screen, requiring users to open it via the browser first.
- Limited access to device functions: Compared to native apps, Progressive Web Apps do not have access to all the features of a mobile device. While features such as GPS and push notifications do work, PWAs cannot use, for example, contacts, Bluetooth, NFC, Touch ID, Face ID or Siri. As a result, certain advanced functionalities are not yet possible within a PWA.
How Funkhaus can help you with your PWA
Funkhaus offers comprehensive support in converting your website into a Progressive Web App (PWA). Our expertise in modern web technologies enables us to create an app-like experience that is fast, reliable and accessible on any device with a web browser. We make sure your PWA is cost-effective, easy to share, loads quickly, works offline and is SEO-friendly. Let Funkhaus guide you in choosing the best solution for your business.
Conclusion
Converting your website to an app can be an important step in taking your business to the next level. By offering an app, you can reach a wider audience, increase user engagement and provide a more seamless and interactive user experience. Apps allow you to communicate with your customers faster and more personally, send push notifications and offer features that don't work as well on a regular website.
An increasingly popular and cost-effective solution is to develop a Progressive Web App (PWA). PWAs combine the best of websites and apps: they are accessible via a browser, do not require installation via appstores, and can work offline or at low network speeds. For many businesses, PWAs offer an attractive balance between functionality, usability and development costs.
Funkhaus can support you in this. Take contact with us to find out how we can transform your website into a PWA that is fast, reliable and accessible.
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