The deprecated HTML Application Cache (AppCache) feature is intended to allow you to specify files for browsers to cache and make available to users when offline. Service Workers now address all use cases the AppCache feature was intended for.
Questions tagged [html5-appcache]
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HTML 5 Cache: window.applicationCache.abort(); doesn't work
i'm working on a little mobile WebApp with an offline mode.
Is there any way to prevent the automatically updating if the manifest file has changed? If the user has a bad internet connection, he shouldn't be forced to download all the files but…
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How can I clear the appcache on the Google Chrome iPad app?
I've written a little HTML5 based web app that I am trying to debug on the iPad using the Chrome for iPad app.
I have added a cache.manifest file to my app which has some heavy caching in it of most static resources however since I am now wanting to…
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Appcache for dynamic site
I am trying to use HTML5 Appcache to speed up my web-mobile app by caching images and css/JS files. The app is based on dynamic web pages.
As already known – when using Appcache the calling html page is always cached -> bad for dynamic websites.
My…
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Force html5 appcache to load on bad connection
I created a webapp with offline application cache which is working fine in flight mode, but when i'm on a bad connection it keeps on trying to load the normal site because the connection is not totally dead.
Is it possible to force a webapp to use…
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Fallback for all pages regardless URL parameters?
I have following FALLBACK section in manifest
FALLBACK:
*.php offline.html
/ offline.html
*/* offline.html
I'm trying it with Firefox and its Work offline feature. This works for any URL like pageA.php, pageB.php etc. But when I enter URL like…
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Application Cache manifest file errors with Windows/NTLM authentication
How are browsers implementing requests for Application Cache manifest files and is it different from how other files are requested?
I ask because I'm seeing behavior I wouldn't expect when using Windows/NTLM authentication in IIS 7. The situation is…
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HTML5 appcache, Get a list of cached files in the client
In my project, I'm trying to use HTML5 appcache to cache static resources like CSS and JS, and "user specific" files such as images and videos. When I say user specific images/videos, I'm trying to have separate files for each user and I need to…
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HTML5 appCache manifest referencing a directory's default document
Throughout a jQuery mobile site I am working on I have anchor tags that refer to urls in the following manner:
"/directory/"
"/directory/subdirectory/"
which are of course…
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HTML5 Application Cache not working in ie8+ so need its alternatives for ie
HTML5 Application Cache not working in ie8+, so i need some of the solution which makes my resource available even in offline mode in ie8+ browsers, in all other browsers the html5 appcache is working fine, only had problem with ie, so need solution…
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AppCache mime type with IIS7
We're hosting a couple of HTML5 games that utilise the offline.appcache feature letting games cache a lot better.
To serve the .appcache type however, I had to add the mime type to the server (IIS7) so it wouldn't 404. When I do, it refuses to…
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Uncaught TypeError: Failed to execute 'createObjectURL' on 'URL': No function was found that matched the signature provided
This is the js code for downloading the file and persisting to the database: