# Exploring ServiceWorkers for Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-serviceworkers-for-discourse/32422>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [23 Agosto 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-serviceworkers-for-discourse/32422 "2015-08-23T04:36:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [22 Febbraio 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-serviceworkers-for-discourse/32422/26 "2018-02-22T21:54:51Z")

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> [@Rob\_Nicholson](#):
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> So when they say “why doesn’t it work like this?”, we’re immediately on the back foot defending the fact that Discourse is a web application and not a native one.

Sorry, argument has probably since been won, but have to say:

- I 😍 the mobile friendliness of Discourse, it’s one of the reasons I became addicted to it … its like having a mini community in your pocket! My users love that!
- I 😍 the fact that it’s a web app and not an ‘app’. Web apps are so much more immediate, there’s nothing to install and it’s instantly cross platform - what’s not to like about web apps, especially considering the huge sophistication of browsers nowadays? Web apps are far more ‘progressive’. I just wish Safari had browser notifications on mobile like they do on desktop (so we wouldn’t need the ‘app’) … but I understand this depends on Service Worker implementation … and that’s coming? … [well they are in the latest Beta on mobile!](https://medium.com/@firt/pwas-are-coming-to-ios-11-3-cupertino-we-have-a-problem-2ff49fd7d6ea)

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