I mean if you don’t secure it sure. The same goes for any site though and can be mitigated by having decent security. There was the thing a bit ago with Apple trying to discontinue PWAs in the EU due to the ruling that PWAs on apple devices shouldnt need to only be able to rely on webkit (their browser engine) which is why the voyager creator said to move over to native but them discontinuing PWAs got walked back
That’s not what I’m thinking about. Was hoping not to get too technical (I’ll try to keep thing simple) but there’s a general concern with PWAs that mean they can only support less secure authentication compared to a native app.
For example, if a device is used offline then a PWA can’t authenticate , so anyone who picks up the device can see the users content. There’s a way around this using what’s called a “service worker” which uses device storage but this would need to be different for each device type and some devices won’t persist between sessions. Also, if a user is in an online session then closes the PWA app, goes offline and then back into the app then the service worker will generate an error.
There are other Lemmy specific issues as well I don’t completely remember the detail but it relates to web clients not being able to set a custom cookie header to ensure compatibility (CORS limitation) There’s an explanation somewhere in the Voyager community but I couldn’t immediately scroll back enough to find it.
That’s not my point. If you read back up the chain of comments I’m saying there’s a real need for a native app (given that Lemmy apps won’t always be compatible with it)
(And you’ve quoted a part of the post taken out of context 🙂)
It’s possible we could add sublinks support to the Interstellar app when the time comes. It already supports microblogging for kbin/mbin and is built for multi-software compatibility; it currently supports kbin, mbin, and lemmy and could easily add support for sublinks.
The site will be a PWA. Not an app but something for people to use on mobile that could possibly be distributed on app stores
Seems like a good idea, a la Voyager
Aren’t there problems with authentication that cause security concerns when using a PWA?
Which is why the native apps are preferred for Voyager.
I mean if you don’t secure it sure. The same goes for any site though and can be mitigated by having decent security. There was the thing a bit ago with Apple trying to discontinue PWAs in the EU due to the ruling that PWAs on apple devices shouldnt need to only be able to rely on webkit (their browser engine) which is why the voyager creator said to move over to native but them discontinuing PWAs got walked back
That’s not what I’m thinking about. Was hoping not to get too technical (I’ll try to keep thing simple) but there’s a general concern with PWAs that mean they can only support less secure authentication compared to a native app.
For example, if a device is used offline then a PWA can’t authenticate , so anyone who picks up the device can see the users content. There’s a way around this using what’s called a “service worker” which uses device storage but this would need to be different for each device type and some devices won’t persist between sessions. Also, if a user is in an online session then closes the PWA app, goes offline and then back into the app then the service worker will generate an error.
There are other Lemmy specific issues as well I don’t completely remember the detail but it relates to web clients not being able to set a custom cookie header to ensure compatibility (CORS limitation) There’s an explanation somewhere in the Voyager community but I couldn’t immediately scroll back enough to find it.
I’m a bit confused, isn’t that the same with any website?
That’s not my point. If you read back up the chain of comments I’m saying there’s a real need for a native app (given that Lemmy apps won’t always be compatible with it)
(And you’ve quoted a part of the post taken out of context 🙂)
It’s possible we could add sublinks support to the Interstellar app when the time comes. It already supports microblogging for kbin/mbin and is built for multi-software compatibility; it currently supports kbin, mbin, and lemmy and could easily add support for sublinks.
Great to hear! I don’t see it on https://www.lemmyapps.com/ (just posted now on !lemmyapps@lemmy.world, so you might want to reach out to the maintainer)