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Bug 19029 - Maybe there could be a function to specify a cache manifest in the API so that instead of the application asking for offline storage when the page loads, some JavaScript can be used to request storage when the user clicks on a "Use Offline Mode" link.
Summary: Maybe there could be a function to specify a cache manifest in the API so tha...
Status: RESOLVED LATER
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2012-09-25 21:56 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-09-25 22:26 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2012-09-25 21:56:15 UTC 
This was was cloned from bug 9695 as part of operation LATER convergence.
Originally filed: 2010-05-09 18:45:00 +0000

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 #0   contributor@whatwg.org                          2010-05-09 18:45:13 +0000 
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Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#application-cache-api

Comment:
Maybe there could be a function to specify a cache manifest in the API so that
instead of the application asking for offline storage when the page loads,
some JavaScript can be used to request storage when the user clicks on a "Use
Offline Mode" link.

Posted from: 76.218.82.122
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 #1   Ian 'Hixie' Hickson                             2010-08-24 22:29:21 +0000 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: If it turns out that people do this (rather than browsers just granting some space automatically without prompting the user) then we can add such a feature, sure. But we should wait to find out how people use it first.
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