On Feb 16, 2014, at 2:16 AM, Marcos Caceres <mar...@marcosc.com> wrote:
> > > On Sunday, February 16, 2014, Alex Russell <slightly...@google.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Marcos Caceres <w...@marcosc.com> wrote: > tl;dr: I strongly agree (and data below shows) that installable web apps > without offline capabilities are essentially useless. > > Things currently specified in the manifest are supposed to help make these > apps less useless (as I said in the original email, they by no means give us > "the dream" of installable web apps, just one little step closer) - even if > we had SW tomorrow, we would still need orientation, display mode, start URL, > etc. > > So yes, SW and manifest will converge... questions for us to decide on is > when? And if appcache can see us through this transitional period to having > SW support in browsers? I believe we can initially standardize a limited set > of functionality, while we continue to wait for SW to come into fruition > which could take another year or two. > > SW will becoming to chrome ASAP. We're actively implementing. Jonas or Nikhil > can probably provide more Mozilla context. > > I'm also interested in the WebKit and Microsoft context. I just don't know > who to ask there. Have their been any public signals of their level of > interest in SW? In general I think it's a good idea and I bet many other WebKit folks do too. We haven't yet had a chance to review thoroughly but I expect we'll like the general principles. I personally would like to see it become an official draft of the Working Group if it isn't already (the Publication Status page implies not, but perhaps I have missed something). If it is being actively implemented, it would be great to publish it as a Working Draft also, so we can get the IPR disclosures out of the way. Regards, Maciej
