Open Bug 1138829 Opened 10 years ago Updated 1 year ago

UI for periodic synchronization (Service Workers' BackgroundSync)

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect

Tracking

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People

(Reporter: annevk, Unassigned)

References

Details

https://github.com/slightlyoff/BackgroundSync/blob/master/explainer.md has a design document for enabling web pages to perform synchronization in the background. This bug pertains to periodic synchronization. When granted (perhaps persistently) the web page can synchronize some data in the background through a service worker when the user is not visiting the web page. This allows the site to update itself and remain fresh so that when the user next visits less network activity is required. This has implications for battery life, privacy (e.g. geolocation through IP addresses), and perhaps exceeds what users think a page is capable of.
Flags: firefox-backlog?
Depends on: 1217544
Severity: normal → S3
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