Closed Bug 657638 Opened 15 years ago Closed 10 years ago

Allow pages to use an appcache without adding the page to the cache

Categories

(Core :: Networking: Cache, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking: Cache
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: public, Unassigned)

Details

This is one of the most often requested improvement to the appcache. A developer of chromium suggested that, in pages using the following alternative syntax: <html useManifest="test.appcache"> the html file itself should NOT be cached. You can find numerous threads on stackoverflow and other forums about similar feature request. For the record, the bug filed for chromium is here: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=79598
Have you considered bringing this up with the spec editor?
People already tried to convince Hixie that this simple change to the spec could benefit developers trying to use Appcache to speed-up their app: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatwg@lists.whatwg.org/msg25417.html Doesn't it help if a browser vendor step-up?
OK, so just so I'm clear this is a change the spec editor is opposed to so this is an attempt to make an end-run around that by getting various vendors to violate the spec in the same way so it'll get changed. OK. ;) Honza, thoughts?
The spec editor is not strictly opposed to this change, he thinks people already have workarounds (make their entire websites rely on ajax) which are unsuitable workarounds in many cases. But yeah, you correctly got what I suggest ;)
appcache is going away
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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