> The idea just doesn't seem appealing to me, and I would think that the vast majority of users also find it unappealing. It may indeed not be that appealing,

> The idea just doesn't seem appealing to me, and I would think that the vast majority of users also find it unappealing. It may indeed not be that appealing, but there are real world use cases where people want to do things like read their email or edit their documents when an internet connection is not available. Web application providers are struggling with how to provide tools that allow users to do that. One possible solution is to provide a web app for people who don't care about offline and a full-blown desktop app for people who need offline, but then you're building the same app twice, and the two interfaces are also likely to be confusingly different. Offline web apps have a lot of problems, but they're an attempt to find a compromise solution.