Kevin Markman: Taking Web Apps Offline

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Channel: JSConf · 2012 · Science & Technology

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The story behind Google Docs Offline and some of the fantastic hacks put in place to make it work. We changed people's mindsets to "think offline" while re-architecting the apps to not rely on the network. Moving an internet company offline involves some hard work and has some serious challenges (performance, cross-browser compatibility, platform bugs, etc).

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