Mastodawn

It's a strange state of affairs that both these URLs exist

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/live-trains/

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/app/start/?platform=pwa

The functionality is the same between them, except the first has a hamburger menu and the second has a bottom navigation bar. And if you do anything on the latter and refresh you'll end up with the first's URLs and navigation.

#apps #websites

Real Time Live Trains Board | National Rail

Check National Rail live trains real time status and departure boards for all train stations. Get train times, station and platform details before departure.

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Chris Feb 23

The app screenshots match the 2nd URL

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.nationalrail.google

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/national-rail/id519094154

National Rail - Apps on Google Play

National Rail - Your destination for train times and travel information

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Chris Feb 23

The app in the stores is just a website, but it's not the website a user gets unless they install the PWA.

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Chris

Has someone decided that users accessing through a web browser on their phone expect a different navigational paradigm to users accessing through an app on their phone and why is that?