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pwinnski · 2017-07-12 14:30:53+00:00

Illustrated with an image that includes a giant bar with "ADD TO HOME SCREEN" on it. I already know how to do that on my phone. If I go to a page with a bar like that, I'm closing the page. I'm sure I'm not alone.

soapdog | karma 4349 | avg karma 4.75 · | 2020-03-25 18:52:44

Even web apps that you add to your home screen are subjected to this.

powrtoch | karma 1968 | avg karma 5.21 · | 2010-07-30 15:18:41

I've often wondered just how many people have ever used the "add to home screen" button, or even really noticed it. I assumed for a long time that the "+" icon just added a bookmark to mobile Safari.

Note that HN is clearly not a good sample group to poll this.

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evv | karma 1887 | avg karma 3.35 · | 2014-05-27 23:39:51+00:00

> There's no "Home" key on your phone that instantly takes you to the top of the page.

There is, at least on iOS. You can tap the status bar and it will quickly jump to the top of the page.

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AlphaSite | karma 1364 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2020-01-30 01:43:22+00:00

Apple has an "add to home screen" option. Its in Safari.

Angostura | karma 15948 | avg karma 3.2 · | 2024-06-12 15:33:19

That's where add to homescreen has been forever

acdha | karma 35410 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2014-05-27 23:46:09+00:00

> There's no "Home" key on your phone that instantly takes you to the top of the page

On iOS: tap on the system menu at the very top of the screen.

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NicoJuicy | karma 10294 | avg karma 1.47 · | 2016-10-07 13:30:19+00:00

You probably never used "add to homescreen" before.

PS. 50% of these group of apps are web applications - https://postimg.org/image/59r83pe5f/

Why shouldn't i be an ordinary user? All of these web apps are money related ;)

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TazeTSchnitzel | karma 26116 | avg karma 2.81 · | 2014-03-18 23:55:56+00:00

Right, like in a web app on the home screen.

Joeri | karma 11462 | avg karma 3.73 · | 2022-02-09 11:06:52

But you still have to send users to the share menu to actually add to the home screen which is not obvious. In other mobile browsers you can show them a prompt.

mcantor | karma 5255 | avg karma 4.75 · | 2010-10-28 12:26:51

The home screen is where I "do stuff," like make wall posts. It is not intuitive to go someplace else to upload photos into an album.

masklinn | karma 65147 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2013-08-21 11:01:07+00:00

Your phone is not able to put page shortcuts on the homescreen or whatever?

dragonwriter | karma 118260 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2017-11-16 18:33:28

There's also an option in settings to add a shortcut to it on the homescreen so you don't have to navigate the menu.

beardyw | karma 5394 | avg karma 1.7 · | 2022-10-27 08:12:58

And on Android at least if you add to home screen, you have an icon and an app-ish experience.

squeaky-clean | karma 8646 | avg karma 3.1 · | 2014-09-30 11:27:52

It's not a home screen, but a widget placed in the pull-down notifications bar.

citrusui | karma 181 | avg karma 1.57 · | 2017-01-20 09:29:49

It's used to be useful for me on mobile. I like to be prudent with my home screen and only keep apps that I know I'll need daily.

tech234a | karma 5983 | avg karma 9.3 · | 2023-02-16 12:56:48

It requires adding the app your Home Screen first.

bobbles | karma 2976 | avg karma 3.43 · | 2014-03-18 00:00:46+00:00

I've seen people do this with their phone home screens as well, so you just swipe to the colour of the icon you're looking for.

shadowgovt | karma 15568 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2020-01-25 21:29:56+00:00

At least an Android, any URL you can navigate to you can pin to the home screen. This seems a week way to force behavior people go to the same place commonly.

dataqat | karma 57 | avg karma 3.56 · | 2017-09-11 19:00:50+00:00

I suspect they want the app to have an easy access icon on their home screen. I don't think most people know you can save a shortcut as an icon from a given web page on their home screen.