RE: Notification of availability of update. Re: Some comments in Execution and Security Model spec

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Marcos Caceres [mailto:w3c@marcosc.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:06 PM
> > > To: Min, Hongbo
> > > Cc: public-sysapps@w3.org (mailto:public-sysapps@w3.org)
> > > Subject: Notification of availability of update. Re: Some comments
> > > in Execution and Security Model spec
> > >
> > > Hi Hongbo,
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Min, Hongbo wrote:
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> > > > > > 9. Does it make sense to add ‘onupdate’ event in Application
> > > > > > interface to let
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> > > > >
> > > > > Application itself be aware of update?
> > > > >
> > > > > Could be. What use case did you have in mind? I guess it's
> > > > > similar to when a new version of AppCache is available.
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> > In fact, the use case in my mind is, if application knows when it should be
> updated, it could send user a notification to prompt user to restart the app or
> not when it is running.
> There is some precedence for this. For example, Chrome on iOS displays an
> information bar when an update is available in the App Store. I don't know if it's
> iOS notifying the application if an update is available or not, or if Chrome is
> doing its own checking somehow.

From my experience of playing Chrome on iOS, it will have a check and notify user that there is an available update by showing an infobar. 

Hongbo

Received on Thursday, 18 April 2013 01:39:41 UTC