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PoY@lemmygrad.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

um… what kind of person uses an acronym over and over through a long ass article without ever stating what the fuck that acronym stands for?

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mac@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Its in the embedded tweet

Stands for progressive web app which is an app which uses web technologies. Can be added as an app to your phone through a browser rather than downloading it from an app store

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SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
And here was I thinking only Microsoft did that.

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Ferk@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It's not that uncommon of an acronym in web tech, all the first results when searching "PWA" are consistent.
Even if they said "Progressive Web Apps" it would not have been immediatelly clear what that means for anyone who is not familiar with what PWA is. It's also not the only acronym they use in the article without explaining it (eg.. API, or iOS)

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- SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  No, what’s silly is to not follow the correct grammar of spelling out an acronym in full the first time. Microsoft does this all the time and you’re left not being able to use the document because you have no idea what they’re talking about, and they haven’t linked to anything about it either. e.g. try Googling COM and let me know how you go with finding out what it means. You should never assume the reader knows what it is. It’s gate-keeping.
  
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  - Lmaydev@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    3rd result was the Wikipedia page for component object model.
    
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