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by phaer 4603 days ago
> like checking the weather, or sending e-mails, or Facebook, or shopping on Amazon.

* You don't need to check the weather every time. It's enough if you show me the data you fetched this morning or maybe just 2 hours ago (maybe so the time of the last successful request somewhere)

* Just let me write (and read...) my emails, change the label of the send button and put them in a queue when i click it. Actually send the mails when i get online again. (Fun fact: I am already doing that on my laptop, i write a lot of mail offline and msmtp queues them until i got a connection again. Useful on train rides and flights with spotty or no connection.

* I do not use facebook, but i hear that a lot of people also use it as an addressbook, for example. At least some of that data (names, telephone numbers, addresses,...) should be available offline if possible. Depends of course...