On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Fabrice Desré <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/06/2015 11:48 AM, Michiel de Jong wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Dale Harvey <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     I think basically we gave up on appcache, it wasnt fast enough and
> >     is buggy and service workers are not ready yet
> >
> > For apps where we just want to cache all the resources, appcache is
> > enough to make it launch without network access:
> > https://gaia-calculator.5apps.com/cache.manifest
> >
> > We could just host this version of Calculator on a Mozilla-owned URL,
> > pre-pin it to the homescreen, and preload the appcache for it somehow,
> > in case there's no network when the user first accesses it. That would
> > work, right?
>
> We already have support for preloading appcache (even if it looks broken
> right now, see bug 1228974). However we can't preload https resources,
> and appcache needs to die ASAP. So I'm really opposed to any resource
> investment outside of fixing regressions like the aforementioned bug.
>

OK, I wasn't aware of this. We would obviously need https on hosted gaia
app "websites" so that we can do TLS cert-pinning, otherwise we can't be
sure the bytes received really come from a white-listed install source.

Looking forward to discussing this more, in person this week! :)


Cheers,
Michiel.


>
>         Fabrice
> --
> Fabrice Desré
> b2g team
> Mozilla Corporation
>
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