9339 2010-03-26 15:17:37 +0000 " Until the manifest is changed, those pages will not be fetched from the server again." WHAAAA? In order to get the benefits of app cached images and scripts and css, I have to have HTML pages that are never updated with fresh info, except when I change 2010-10-04 14:28:19 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified Other other RESOLVED NEEDSINFO http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#a-sample-manifest P3 normal LC 1 contributor ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 33943 0 contributor 2010-03-26 15:17:37 +0000 Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#a-sample-manifest Comment: " Until the manifest is changed, those pages will not be fetched from the server again." WHAAAA? In order to get the benefits of app cached images and scripts and css, I have to have HTML pages that are never updated with fresh info, except when I change the manifest, and then everything is updated? That's just crazy!! Posted from: 67.188.133.45 34383 1 ian 2010-04-02 06:10:34 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Did Not Understand Request Change Description: no spec change Rationale: I don't understand. Could you elaborate? The offline application cache mechanism is intended for caching offline applications, where the dynamic data is data, not in the HTML. If all you want is to benefit from caching of common resources, you don't need this, just use HTTP caching.