[nelsontky]

Thank you for the reply! I definitely learnt a lot from your comprehensive replies. Personally, I am just getting started in web development and I have traditionally written everything with the help of frameworks like ReactJS and the like and the abstractions these frameworks provide means I actually don't know the nitty gritty of how things work. Cross browser compatibility or efficiency was definitely not something I considered and they are definitely very valid considerations. And HTTP redirects via service workers sounds damn interesting! I will go read up on those now! Thank you for the comment I did learn a lot and will work these suggestions into the code base when I do have the time :')

[chrismorgan]

On the topic of service workers, doing it that way is an amusing concept, but service workers are strictly only for optional enhancements—you can’t guarantee the service worker will be run. The best-case scenario is that the second and subsequent links people open could be handled by the service worker.