Launch bug: crbug.com/1325327 On Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 5:54:58 PM UTC-4 Ella Ge wrote:
> Hi blink-dev, > > We are experimenting with removing the service worker requirement for > installing PWAs on Android. Websites will no longer need to have service > worker and offline support to be installed. > > Context: > Chrome for Android offers to install a website when the site meets the > install-criterias <https://web.dev/install-criteria/>. > The Mobile Web Install team is intending to move the two requirements: > (1) a Web App Manifest populated with a particular set of fields, and (2) > an active service worker that is able to issue an HTTP 200 response when no > network connectivity is available. > > In particular, the service worker requirement has led to a number of > websites implementing otherwise empty, non-functional service workers, > which slows down the Web. > > We are running the experiment of removing the service worker > requirement on Canary/Dev on M103 and planning to roll out to Beta/Stable. > > -- > Ella Ge > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/2a482721-13b2-4499-8031-ea1b2f6ea5f4n%40chromium.org.
