[whatwg] Cache Manifest: why have NETWORK?

[Michael Nordman]

For cases where you don't want to, or can't,  'fallback' on a cached
resource.
ex 1.

http://server/get/realtime/results/from/the/outside/worldCreating a fallback
resource with a mock error or empty response is busy work.

ex 2.

http://server/change/some/state/on/server/side?id=x&newValue=y
Ditto

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk at opera.com> wrote:

> If you use a fallback namespace it will always try to do a network fetch
> before using the fallback entry so why is there a need for a NETWORK entry
> in the cache manifest?
>
>
> --
> Anne van Kesteren
> http://annevankesteren.nl/
>
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