User:YuviPanda/Apps over web features

This page lists a grab bag of features that can be implemented in apps in significantly better ways than they can be with the current state of Mobile Web.

Real Time Push Notifications
We can hook into Echo and/or Watchlist notifications and push them 'real time' to the user's device. This would also entail that all the notifications are actionable in some form or other - it is no fun to be 'interrupted' by a notification only to find out that you can't do anything about it. Watchlist notifications can let you see a diff and revert/thank/edit-article, Talk page messages can let you respond to the author, etc.

Offline Storage


Geo Fencing
GeoFencing can be used to remind the user about their favorite (watchlisted? another mechanism?) articles when they are near them, or when they are near articles that need creating/details/new-images, or a featured article, or whatever.

Typography & Design
Apps have more leeway with regards to what kinda graphical elements and typography they can use, since the size, performance and compatibility considerations of Mobile Web don't apply. A complete rethink of the reading experience is also possible.

Integration with other Devices
Chromecast, AppleTV, even Google Glass!

Image processing & Effects
App make possible easy to use implementations of image cropping, color, contrast, brightness and other effects.