Re: "Packing on the Web" -- performance use cases / implications

On January 20, 2015 at 7:40:36 AM, Ilya Grigorik (igrigorik@google.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:10 PM, Nottingham, Mark  
> wrote:
>  
> > Well, I'm liking this a lot more than the current proposal. What's the
> > intersection with ? CC:ing Marcos.
> >
>  
> Seems like they're independent mechanisms. From what I understand, manifest
> spec is geared towards an "installable application", whereas the packages
> we're describing here are simply arbitrary bundles of files.. For example,
> a JS module and its dependencies, a collection of images, or any arbitrary
> collection of files [1], and the primary value here is ability to provide a
> single URL to ease distribution, sharing, etc.

Yes, this is also my impression; they have different purposes. I'm aware the name "web manifest" leads to confusion.  

Received on Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:36:15 UTC