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by zeveb 3926 days ago
> The only time you really need an app is for CPU-intensive work or accessing hardware.

Or when you want to own your own data, or work offline…
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owencm 3926 days ago
Sites can definitely work offline using the new Service Worker system: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/service-worker/introd.... Try this example: https://voice-memos.appspot.com.
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icebraining 3926 days ago
Between Application Cache and various data storage solutions (local storage, the File API, etc), webapps can do that.

https://unhosted.org/

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