Webapp

[lenod]

The main issue with etherpad-lite when connecting on a slow network is the initial loading time (not the network communications during editing).
It would be nice to package all the constant files in a webapp in order not to download the interface and javascript files each time we open an etherpad-lite page. Tell me if I am wrong, but it seems to be mainly a question of identifying which files can be cached or not.

This would be profitable to both client and server, and could be especially useful for mobile clients, but also for desktop clients. Such a webapp could be uploaded to the firefox market place and be accessible with no additional effort for firefox os, android and desktop clients using firefox.

I hope it is clear.

[lenod]

A first solution would be to use appcache:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Using_the_application_cache
that add a "manifest" attribute to along with a file listing all the files which can be cached.

[JohnMcLear]

We do set a maxAge on javascript files so they are cached.

Ensure maxAge is set and minify is true in your settings.json

Hit f5, you notice most files are loaded from cache.

[lenod]

I'm not sure but I think this cache is cleared when the browser is closed (and anyway, the maxAge seems only about a few hours).
in about:cache, firefox shows them in disk cache and not appcache, where I believe it would be more persistent.

[JohnMcLear]

You can modify this in settings.json

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Subject: [etherpad-lite] Webapp (#2212)
Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 12:29

I'm not sure but I think this cache is cleared when the browser is closed (and anyway, the maxAge seems only about a few hours).
in about:cache, firefox shows them in disk cache and not appcache, where I believe it would be more persistent.

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[lenod]

You can change maxAge in settings.json, but it is still online caching and not offline.

[JohnMcLear]

Btw I made a start on most of this stuff in the form of a plugin at https://github.com/JohnMcLear/ep_offline_edit

See: https://github.com/JohnMcLear/ep_offline_edit/blob/master/static/offlinemanifest.appcache

[lenod]

Oh great, it seems to be exactly to be what I am talking about.
Is there a reason why this is only a plugin?

[lenod]

Closing the issue since this plugin seems to be a good answer.

[JohnMcLear]

"only a plugin" doesn't qualify here, most things people want are available as plugins as to keep core clean. That's how Etherpad is designed.

[lenod]

Fair enough.
I just found out this page listing some plugins including this one.
https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/Plugin,-a-list
Thanks!