- From: Mounir Lamouri <mounir@lamouri.fr>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:31:50 +0200
- To: public-sysapps@w3.org
On 06/05/2012 11:29 PM, gaperik wrote: > Mounir Lamouri skrev 2012-06-04 15:37: >> On 06/03/2012 11:19 AM, Adam Barth wrote: >>> Hi SysApps, >>> >>> Based on the discussion on this list, I've put together an updated >>> proposal for a charter: >>> >>> http://abarth.github.com/websec/drafts/sysapps-charter.html >> When working on the Alarm API and other APIs (like Push Notification >> API), Jonas and I realized that we probably need an API that would start >> web apps when needed. For example, with the Alarm API, to make sure an >> alarm isn't missed, the app should be started when the application isn't >> running; with Web Intents, we might need something similar when the user >> picks an application that isn't running yet. >> It appears that using DOM events for that isn't working very well >> because the developer will have to know when the event will be sent >> during the startup process which isn't easy to define. >> >> More information about this API here: >> https://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.webapi/browse_thread/thread/a3c6e4c31d04b663/ >> >> >> Despite the name of the thread, "System Message" is the name of the API. > So if I combine this with a socket API, I will be able to have the App > start on incoming data on that socket, running some code in a worker for > instance? That would depend on how the Socket API works I guess. But theoretically, I think yes. -- Mounir
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