@zachleat @wilsonminer true, JS is more likely to block page rendering + there's additional burden (esp. on mobile) of parsing/executing it
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Replying to @simonw
@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer : none of these SPAs cache aggressively enough today. They could adopt SW though; near-instant starts1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @slightlylate
@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer : in fact, in our work w/ partners so far, SPAs are often easiest to take to offline-first architecture2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate@zachleat@wilsonminer what's the state of SW support in mobile browsers like at the moment?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @simonw
@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer : chrome, opera, and soon FF, but it's progressive. You can adopt now and benefit more over time2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer unforch it's not easy to fallback to appcache. If you *need* offline on iOS it's not so simple.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HenrikJoreteg
@HenrikJoreteg@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer : so don't? Do what you usually do for iOS and stop hitting yourself in the face with AppCache1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer /me shrugs. It's tolerable with that helper I linked to. But sure, hoping SW in iOS someday :)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @HenrikJoreteg
@HenrikJoreteg@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer : but you're unable to implement a lot of strategies that you really need for serious work :-(2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer that helper uses iframe hack to be able to get events for manifest updates, etc. not ideal tho.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@HenrikJoreteg : this is what I'm afraid of: fear at how far behind Safari is leading to bad URLs :-(
/cc @simonw @zachleat @wilsonminer
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