Re: Where we stand...

Apologies for being a bit absent, things have got a big hectic. Will
catch up with everything over the weekend.

On 4 September 2012 18:24, Tobie Langel <tobie@fb.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for being late with all of this.
>
> I've created a document[1] to record our case studies. It would be great
> if people could start filling in the part about their app.
>
> For this to be the most effective, there should be the following content:
>
> 1) a short blurb about the app, what it's suppose to do, etc., so that
> people unfamiliar with it have enough context,
> 2) the reason you're using AppCache / want to make an offline app,
> 3) the architecture of your app,
> 4) particular constraints you might have (e.g. extra security or privacy
> requirements, targeting features phones, specific perf metrics, etc.),
> 5) requirements you have to take that app online,
> 6) key issues you have with existing solutions.
>
> Note it's pointless to make this AppCache bashing or focus on tacky
> workarounds. They might be worth mentioning, but it shouldn't be your main
> content.
>
> Adding an example AppCache manifest to is useful, as it helps clarify your
> architecture.
>
> I'll be publishing a similar, but more complete document on use cases
> shortly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --tobie
>
> ---
> [1]: https://github.com/fixing-appcache/offline-cs
>
> On 9/1/12 2:53 PM, "Andrew Betts" <andrew.betts@ft.com> wrote:
>
>>All,
>>
>>Following the recent meetings in Mountain View and here in London we
>>now have some really useful data starting to emerge.  The London
>>meeting produced a lot of use cases, while the MTV meeting concluded
>>with some interesting high level ideas for what an app cache v2 might
>>look like.
>>
>>I've brought a few of those threads together and written up a summary
>>of the FT's view here:
>>
>>http://labs.ft.com/2012/08/fixing-app-cache/
>>
>>I'd like to keep the momentum going, and am interested in members'
>>views of where we can go next with this.  Tobie feels the use cases
>>need work, but has not been able to allocate the time to that so far.
>>I think there are some other things we could do as well.  Here are
>>some ideas:
>>
>>1. Improve the use cases described in
>>http://www.w3.org/community/fixing-appcache/wiki/Meeting_notes_14_August_2
>>012#Use_cases
>>2. Debate the proposals from the MTV group
>>(https://etherpad.mozilla.org/appcache)
>>3. Consider adopting the draft charter for the group
>>(http://www.w3.org/community/fixing-appcache/draft-charter-2012-08-15/)
>>
>>Volunteers to help with (1) or input into the other points is very
>>welcome, as are any other ideas for moving forward while there is
>>momentum and attention on this issue.
>
>

Received on Wednesday, 5 September 2012 09:34:20 UTC