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>>jaffat+(OP)
Since the article did not go into details, and many of the points seem nonsensical, can someone elaborate?

Why can I not "Create an app loading screen" without service workers? Why can I not "Create an initial app UI to load instantly"? Seems these are trivially possible with regular Javascript, but maybe I'm misunderstanding?

Similarly, "Use push notifications", "Add offline support" and "Prompt installation to the home screen" do not sound like APIs that are dependent on service workers, but I guess they are? (or the article makes no sense)

(By the way, the 300ms tap delay that he gripes about can be hacked away, see fastclick.js)

>>aedron+g8
Offline support and push notifications require service workers (or some other API that doesn't exist yet[1])

And for prompting installation, I think the author wants it to appear native.

(Apple does have their own notification API but it requires an account).