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by throwitaway1123 876 days ago
The whole add to home screen process is needlessly convoluted. It would be nice if there was something similar to Smart Banners for PWAs: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/promoting_a...
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You just click "Share -> Add To Home Screen." I understand that that's technically more clicks than a smart banner but hardly "convoluted"
I think it's convoluted relative to a Smart Banner. Smart Banners give users a clear call to action, and they're not buried in a menu somewhere.

It's hard to make this point without linking to a screenshot, but the share menu is incredibly bloated. To get to the add to home screen button a user has to know it's in the share menu (which is just an unlabeled icon), and then scroll past the following menu items:

- An options button (which leads to another menu)

- Air Drop

- Share via text message (with several different contacts listed individually to share with)

- Copy

- Add to Reading List

- Add Bookmark

- Add to Favorites

- Add to Quick Note

- Find on Page

Adding to your own home screen under a "share" menu is something probably 90% of users would never think of.