Silnei L Andrade

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Would you be open to changing it so that the 'share' image remains hidden and that it's added when using the new topic/edit screen? i.e you attach the file when creating a new topic/ or are editing a topic, you click to add a custom share image and then the image remains private on the site but can be seen via social media.

My point is, will we ignore many Android users just because iOS don't support mobile notifications?

I’m not sure I agree that 74.5% constitutes a vast majority, but otherwise point taken. 

It depends. On my case for example, Google Analytics shows me that for the mobile users, 26,51% enter with an iOS device and the rest with Android. So the vast majority in my case are Android users.
I also reached the point where my forum have more people visiting it with a mobile phone than a computer.

Most of your users access the responsive version with IOS and will continue to access, even if they create a PWA. There's no reason to create a desktop-only version, right? The theme of responsive design would remain the same, the novelty would be the PWA. One thing don't need to replace the other. The difference is that users could have that option and the search engines too, which instead of indexing a page with 15s of load, would index to compatible mobile which loads in 5s or much less.
 
Anyway, we can not ignore that IOS is used by the minority of users and since 2009 has only fallen. It's almost 10 years since the fall. On the other hand the use of android only increases every year.
IOS vs Android:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/266136/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-operating-systems/

 

As I said above: If PWA is not possible, support for AMP would already help to get back pages indexed better, even if it is a read-only version.

Most of your users access the responsive version with IOS and will continue to access, even if they create a PWA. There's no reason to create a desktop-only version, right? The theme of responsive design would remain the same, the novelty would be the PWA. One thing don't need to replace the other. The difference is that users could have that option and the search engines too, which instead of indexing a page with 15s of load, would index to compatible mobile which loads in 5s or much less.
 
Anyway, we can not ignore that IOS is used by the minority of users and since 2009 has only fallen. It's almost 10 years since the fall. On the other hand the use of android only increases every year.
IOS vs Android:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/266136/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-operating-systems/

 

We are not ignoring this topic. We just haven't commented is all.

I think IP Pages should have an option to allow AMP pages. That or at least allow a customer header element to point to an alternate AMP page manually.  The Pages product directly competes with WordPress which has this already.
Be the way. I totally am not a fan of a stand alone web app. It would likely leave out a TON of my community built around IP Pages and custom areas. Folks would not discover them on the app. Also, advertising revenue and customization would take a huge hit. 

I'm following up on all the topics on the subject here in the forum and trying to argue about the importance of "mobile first" as this is a reality and has no back, but so far their only statement on the subject is that "they do not are ignoring the mobile. "
Glad they are not ignoring. Your poll makes it clear that most are losing traffic because of this. I hope we have good news in the next updates.
Not to be unfair, this is not only a problem of IPB, it is of all the old forum platforms.

58 Voted YES !!! For IPB PWA or Mobile App 
But still No Positive Response From IPB Team Regarding Mobile App RoadMap,
What Do you Think Guys ? Will we ever Get The IPB MOBILE APP OR NOT ?

Yes, that's the way. Best alternative!  Anyone who has questions watch this video:
 
 
 

Responsive design is already outdated simply because most users are accessing the sites through the smartphone.  The web has changed to mobile, it's that simple and there's no turning back! If a software has a "mobile version" it is because it is working with the audience of the past. We are already coming at the time that the sites will have "desktop version".  
The focus is the mobile and this will only intensify in the next few years. See the poll. Everyone is losing audience because of that. That simple.

Something like Tapatalk has their Group feature... 

Responsive design is already outdated simply because most users are accessing the sites through the smartphone.  The web has changed to mobile, it's that simple and there's no turning back! If a software has a "mobile version" it is because it is working with the audience of the past. We are already coming at the time that the sites will have "desktop version".  
The focus is the mobile and this will only intensify in the next few years. See the poll. Everyone is losing audience because of that. That simple.

Responsive design is already outdated simply because most users are accessing the sites through the smartphone.  The web has changed to mobile, it's that simple and there's no turning back! If a software has a "mobile version" it is because it is working with the audience of the past. We are already coming at the time that the sites will have "desktop version".  
The focus is the mobile and this will only intensify in the next few years. See the poll. Everyone is losing audience because of that. That simple.

I'm guessing @Aiwa still shops at JC Penney. 
I can see you (as a developer) are siding with the core development team. That is a safe bet for the short term. 
All I can say is "Good Luck!"
How much longer until Google, offers us a fully featured forum software with a PWA built in?   Adsense enabled. Hmm... good idea. Talk about a Blogger upgrade. 
I just might send a message to Larry Page now. 
Friends.. this is how change is started.

The begging and condescending tone, toward IPS, used in these topics is getting quite old. IPS has weighed in briefly on this and still identifies limitations for PWA. And believe me, they read these topics. The core platform has a mobile theme, I use it daily without issue. 
Is there room for improvement with mobile, sure... But using a tone that comes off as condescending of IPS and demanding for a very specific solution, to a problem for which you may not have the complete picture, comes off as simply an insult, in my opinion, to IPS.
You want better mobile support for your community? Make it yourself... Create a modified mobile theme tailored toward your community. Take some ownership in solving the problem for yourself rather than for every client that all have differing needs. 
It also helps to do your research... IPS had a mobile app at one point in the 3.3.x days, it wasn't successful. I can't answer as to why, but there are still Staff posts and IPS Blog posts about it. I created a summary post some months ago with some of the more relevant information about it. 

HI GUYS :) 
@Morgin @BomAle   Here My 2 cents for Apple IOS and PWA :
It  Disappointing ios is not supporting push notifications yet  . I think in future apple will revise push notification policy again when PWA become mainstream.  Bigger companies adopting the PWA apps day by day.

 
PWA is not just another Buzz word,  PWA again transferring the power back to Web Developers which was lost during native mobile app era. I think REST API based apps for IPB not right approach, From developers point of views, it will make mobile apps  hard to maintain and compatible with every new version of IPB and updates of hundered of IPB plugins. However PWA just uses Mobile Responsive of Website.
Forums Founders  spent both Time and money to make his/her community sustainable. sometime new users like the forums but forget url and browser history deleted,at that time website looses one member ? this same things happened with me many times and may be other members share the same experience. 
For iOS users or Android users there is more chances, new users of clients Forum website click on App icons  (Installed by PWA ) again than open browser inside the mobile, remember the website URL and hit the enter. No matter whether  PWA support push notifications for particular mobile os or not :)
Moreover for just one mobile OS. it is not good idea not to implement for other too. PWA fully supported in Window 10 redstone 4. We can't ignore the billions machine running  window 10. Window 10 PWA app would be huge opportunity  to keep the website users engage with website. Just imagine clients Forums apps are installed on users PC.  Even They don't open browser and enter forum URL,  with single push notification you can make users again engage to your website ? More and more adopting the window 10

 
@Rikki @Matt @Charles
 
Thanks IPB team showing positive response toward IPB mobile apps, Hope You Guys will make it possible very soon :) You guys just make mobile apps i will buy without see the price Tag and i think other members also do the same :)
 
Thanks

In my opinion, to do a PWA well, you need to do more than just take a responsive theme and add a manifest. PWAs are expected to feel like native apps, and so we'd have quite a bit of work to do to meet that standard I think.
We aren't ignoring mobile though, don't worry ? 

Looks like some people in this topic don't understand the main advantage of PWA, so it worth to mention again what PWA is just the existing site itself with some little additions and it does not require a lot of development or support and it's a huge advantage over native apps discussed before. And this topic is about PWA, not standalone apps.
PWA is already supported in iOS 11.3+

No worries :) Thanks :)

@balwant I prefer native apps) And IPS have REST API for that.

Hi @Firdavs Khaydarov Thanks for reply. I know you spent lots of time on native app solutions and it is quite frustrating when new tech things come out everyday and developer have to learn some of them everyday. Big company can afford to maintain and develop native app solution. But now they are again migrating to web based solutions that more cheap and easy to maintain in long run.
I guess you are only developer who know both IPB and Mobile app :) it will take you couple of days to implement PWA for IPB. But revenue stream regarding IPB mobile app is huge :) it would be totally worth for you :) IPB mobile APP would be Gold mine for any developer :) Mark my words
Please Help IPB community :)

Happy 4th July :) Love from Canada :)
Everyday New and New PWA and mobile app plugins popping out for wordpress and buddy press