On Nov 17, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote:
> Brady Eidson wrote: >> On Nov 17, 2012, at 7:47 AM, sridharn<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Any updates / plans for this feature ?? >> What feature? >> > > Sridharn did not cite context, but his message is in the thread whose head is > this post: > > https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2012-April/020455.html > > where Stefan Wagner wrote: > > """ > > Mozilla Firefox supports dynamic adding of resources into the > application cache for offline use with the function: > window.applicationCache.mozAdd(URI String) > https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIDOMOfflineResourceList > > This is great for persistent storage of assets via javascipt. Instead > of predefining those assets in the manifest file one can use > javascript to cache the needed assets. Is there something similar > planed? Like window.applicationCache.webkitAdd(URI String) ? > > """ I knew about that, and we'll likely be interested in taking a look after HTML or WebApps takes it up and gets it into a standard, which I know there's interest in but it hasn't happened yet… …but I still don't see how this affects media in the current app cache model. I still look forward to seeing your bug, Sridharn! ~Brady > > /be > >>> I do agree with Stefan on this .. >>> I've been banging my head on how >>> to cache video files using html 5 storage features and there just doesn't >>> seem to be a straightforward way >>> (they all are currently intended for small size text / mobile webkit doesn't >>> support file system and blah blah) >>> to do that and feel appcache is cleaner way going forward too for media >>> files .. >> >> Where are you seeing this not work? >> >> At least on the Apple port you should be able to stick audio/video in the >> app cache. There are a handful of bugzillas that show this work being done >> a long time ago. >> >> If it's not working for you, I look forward to reading the bug you file at >> bugs.webkit.org. >> >>> Also, mobile webkit (chrome/safari in ios4) don't seem to appcache mp3 files >>> (~5MB) .. Is this a known issue ? >> >> iOS4 is ancient. I forget when this first shipped but it should work in >> iOS6. >> >>> This should hopefully go away once the dynamic mechanism is added I hope .. >> >> Again, not sure precisely which dynamic mechanism you're talking about since >> you included no context in your email, but I don't see how a dynamic app >> cache mechanism is related to the app cache supporting media, which it does. >> >> ~Brady >> >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
