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These are all technical points that, while perfectly legit, are smaller than the problem at hand. It doesn't really matter if you know its "online" or "offline
by alttab 16y ago
These are all technical points that, while perfectly legit, are smaller than the problem at hand.
It doesn't really matter if you know its "online" or "offline", because thats as easy as a status indicator. It doesn't really matter what the manifest logic is from this high of a level - that can be ironed out.
It would be my intuition to say its more important to get a prototype working (ala WebOS/iPhone) for insta-downloaded-web-apps and see what the actual problems are technically, and for the users, before speculating what could slow us down before we even begin.
- masklinn 16y agoI don't think the UI issue of knowing whether a web application can be locally installed is a small oner no. It is in fact a huge one, especially in the light of most users not being aware this concept is even possible. It's also not very technical at all. And the issue of update is also an important one, users have been taught that new versions just happen without having to do anything, it's vital that local web applications behave correctly for that as well. > It doesn't really matter if you know its "online" or "offline" I don't think I said anything about on/off line, did I? > It would be my intuition to say its more important to get a prototype working What prototypes? Local web applications work right now on all three modern, webkit-based mobile platforms. The problem is very much the first one I pointed out, namely how does the user know that he can install a web application.