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		cromwellian on Nov 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The First Browser Dedicated to Developers Is Comin... Well, that's good to hear. My concern is, we need APIs that are predictable, straightforward, and easy to use for devs to create offline web apps. Right now, it's quite difficult, and hence hardly anyone does it. ServiceWorker may help a lot with one part of the equation, but it doesn't fix up the persistent storage story of the Web. I find the IndexDB API maddening to use personally.

Yoric on Nov 3, 2014 | [–]

Agreed on all accounts.

I seem to remember that the current WIP is here: http://w3c.github.io/filesystem-api/Overview.html

spion on Nov 3, 2014 | [–]

Its not just you, it is maddening to use. A sane wrapper is mandatory.

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