Does this overlap with SPDY preloaded? -- Yehuda Katz (ph) 718.877.1325 On Nov 3, 2012 3:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Oct 2012, Michael Nordman <[email protected]> wrote > > > > The appcache is encumbered with guarantees about atomically updating a > set > > of resources and then explicitly not hitting the network for them once up > > to date to ensure the site/app will function if the network really is > > complete gone. > > > > This gist of this prefetch list seems different. More of a hint to warm > > things up if possible and viola things are more responsive if those hints > > are taken. > > > > Yes. Exactly. > It's not about offline apps, it's about reducing loading time. > Prefetch manifest is a way to tell browser what should be downloaded in > advance. > So when user opens the site (for the first time) all resources > (css/js/images/...) are already cached. > > And if later site's resources are updated browser could check prefest > manifest and > re-download all new resources in background. Before user visited site > again. > > -- > Sergey Nikitin > > >
