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Case in point: Inbox by Gmail. It is not just a thin skin over AJAX calls, but actually a fairly sophisticated client side application.
by cromwellian 12y ago
Case in point: Inbox by Gmail. It is not just a thin skin over AJAX calls, but actually a fairly sophisticated client side application.
- betteringred 12y agoDoes Google Inbox use J2ObjC? You seem to be alluding to that but not explicitly saying it.
- bookwormAT 12y agoGoogle Inbox is indeed written in J2ObjC: See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/j2objc-discuss/5lMZNzl5Si0 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/j2objc-discuss/5lMZN...
- akrymski 12y ago> a fairly sophisticated client side application is it actually an full blown IMAP client? Most likely it uses AJAX to fetch JSON from Google's proprietary APIs
- cromwellian 12y agoIt works offline, that should give you a clue that it is not just a request/response app. Yes, it does make requests to Google's servers, but it can run completely offline with no connection as well.