Re: [b2g] WebAPI Security Discussion: Open Web App API

2012-04-30 Thread Jim Straus
Along the lines of Thinker's remarks about controlling when to update, some updates may be large (a new set of maps for an offline navigation app is a good example) and I might not want to update them when on a paid or slow pipe (cellular). Also, I sometimes don't update if comments indicate an

Re: [b2g] WebAPI Security Discussion: Open Web App API

2012-04-29 Thread Lucas Adamski
On Apr 21, 2012, at 10:35 PM, Thinker K.F. Li wrote: > Hi, > > Although we donwload pages automatically if the cache manifest changes, > but the new cache will only be used for next time of launching. > > I concern more about faults of networks. Internet is not always stable > and secured. For

Re: WebAPI Security Discussion: Open Web App API

2012-04-29 Thread Lucas Adamski
Updated proposal. Please reply-to dev-weba...@lists.mozilla.org Name of API: Open Web App API Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/OpenWebApps/The_JavaScript_API Brief purpose of API: The Open Web Apps JavaScript API is a programmatic interface for installing Web apps and for managing a

Re: WebAPI Security Discussion: Open Web App API

2012-04-18 Thread Fabrice Desré
On 04/16/2012 10:22 AM, Jim Straus wrote: How about un-install an app, update an app (assuming that the app has a cached component and we can distinguish when cached components change, and also that we desire that the user can control when an app is updated). I also think that the risks for som

Re: [b2g] WebAPI Security Discussion: Open Web App API

2012-04-16 Thread Jordano Francisco (UK)
Hi, As far as I know, you can do an uninstall now. Regarding the update functionality I guess it will work a bit different, each time you visit a new web app, if the cache manifest changes, or even if you don't have an offline version and you are always using the online one, the system will automa

Re: WebAPI Security Discussion: Open Web App API

2012-04-16 Thread Jim Straus
How about un-install an app, update an app (assuming that the app has a cached component and we can distinguish when cached components change, and also that we desire that the user can control when an app is updated). I also think that the risks for some of the APIs vary. For example, getSelf()

WebAPI Security Discussion: Open Web App API

2012-04-15 Thread Lucas Adamski
Please reply-to dev-weba...@lists.mozilla.org Name of API: Open Web App API Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/OpenWebApps/The_JavaScript_API Brief purpose of API: The Open Web Apps JavaScript API is a programmatic interface for installing Web apps and for managing a client-side collect