Re: Updated charter proposal

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?

>
> Cheers,
> --
> Mounir
>

Received on Wednesday, 6 June 2012 09:51:11 UTC