- From: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 15:50:07 +0200
- To: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Cc: Kostiainen, Anssi <anssi.kostiainen@intel.com>, "public-sysapps@w3.org" <public-sysapps@w3.org>, Claes1 Nilsson <Claes1.Nilsson@sonymobile.com>, Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <kenneth.christiansen@gmail.com>, Anders Isberg <Anders.Isberg@sonymobile.com>
On Friday, October 4, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Dave Raggett wrote: > On 04/10/13 12:32, Kostiainen, Anssi wrote: > > By "this work" I referred to ServiceWorkers. Sorry, if that was unclear. > > > > Thanks. Do we have a pointer to ServiceWorkers? https://github.com/slightlyoff/ServiceWorker > This is related to Web > Workers (currently in CR) as standardized by the WebApps WG, right? Sorta. These workers are spun-up to deal with events (e.g., when a push notification occurs or a schedule task happens). > I understand the need for apps that run for extended periods of time, > e.g. whenever a device is powered up. Such apps may run in the > background, akin to Android services. This is not the intent. These workers are short lived and only get spun up when they are needed (AFAIU). Anyway, getting a bit off topic :)
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