- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:30:18 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Brian Blakely <anewpage.media@gmail.com>
- Cc: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org
On Thu, 7 Jun 2012, Brian Blakely wrote: > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Jan 2012, Brian Blakely wrote: > > > > > > This proposal deals chiefly with standardizing the messaging around > > > that. The developer sets up the application to be ready for offline > > > use (via App Cache, localStorage, IndexedDB, cookies, etc), and > > > informs the UA when the user can go off the wire. The UA then > > > informs the user in a predictable way that will become familiar to > > > them as they continue to use that particular client. > > > > > > Background downloading and other mechanics introduced in this thread > > > enable a native-like app download process that is, again, always the > > > same on the same UA, instead of varying from application to > > > application. > > > > I think we should wait for sites to start showing their own UI for > > this kind of thing -- "ok, I'm now fully cached" -- before we add a > > mechanism for the script to ask the UA to show UI for this. Without > > the experience gained from authors doing it themselves, we don't > > really have enough information about how to design the feature. > > I agree to the extent that nobody knows what works best at this point > (though I could point to some examples of good implementations). UA > implementation would certainly evolve, just as Fullscreen > implementations have been. > > My major concern is that, as web developers learn, leverage, and master > various offline technologies, widespread adoption alone could take > years, and that is before developers begin to finesse their UIs. > > The main purpose of the proposal is to accelerate the uptake of the > offline Web. A UA hook for users helps to break us away from "the web > is online-only, forever" and a simple API for a dev will encourage > implementation. I don't think that rushing to add a new feature to the spec -- which may or may not be implemented by browsers, but which almost certainly won't be exactly what authors need since it'll be done without the benefit of deployment experience -- will do anything positive to accelrate the uptake of the offline Web. Standards development takes time, and has to be done carefully. Mistakes can be very costly and last a long time. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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