Go to any webpage/PWA, hit the share button, hit “add to home screen“.
That’s it. It’s not complicated or restricted in any way.
That’s it. It’s not complicated or restricted in any way.
Adding bookmarks, finding on the page, printing, triggering extension actions/scripts… it’s a junk drawer.
It’s not hard to explain to users at least. It certainly could’ve been much worse. Not high praise but it is what it is.
It’s an intentional choice by Apple that’s hostile to users but very aligned with their strategy to lock users into their own proprietary platform as much as possible.
For the record they are the back, forward, share, history/bookmarks, and tabs buttons.
As I explained in another reply, I don’t think Apple is being malicious here. I think they just shove everything that’s not a very common use in there.