On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 2:56:36 PM UTC+2, Lewis Cowper wrote: > While they're calling it Fizz, according to > https://plus.google.com/+FrancoisBeaufort/posts/V6vWgFnKK75 it's actually > just a fancy name for API tech that's already kicking about. > > From there: > > - Service Workers¹ provide a way for applications to reliably "go offline". > - Push API² used by application servers to send messages to web apps, whether > or not the app is active in a browser window. > - Network Information API³ to access the underlying connection information of > the device. > - Geofencing API⁴ makes it possible to be notified when a device enters or > leaves specific regions.
You are right. My objection to this is really the linked article http://www.cnet.com/news/can-the-mobile-web-win-back-developers-from-ios-android/ because there's no way you can do useful Web banking or e-gov applications using the mentioned stuff. The mobile web is big loser and the current strategy will make it lose even more unless Android's "WebView" counts as the web. Anders > > > As far as I'm aware (could be wrong, I'm new to all this b2g stuff), this is > just open web stuff that's already being made available to FFOS, especially > the first 3 at least. Not familiar with a similar API to Geofencing, but the > others are definitely available to us. > > > > On 21 April 2015 at 13:21, Anders Rundgren <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.cnet.com/news/with-fizz-google-hopes-to-bring-new-power-to-mobile-web/ > > > > I think this all wrong. DUPLICATING the native layer in the Open Web only > creates gigantic standardization efforts and poor user interfaces due to > mismatching security and privacy models. > > > > COMBINING these layers is a much faster, cheaper and expandable way keeping > the Open Web "alive and kicking". BTW, does the world at large really care > that much about the Open Web? I certainly do, but I doubt that this is > universal. > > > > Anders > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-b2g mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
