WebAPI/PushAPI: Difference between revisions

Ben, you're missing the point of this feature. We already have decentralized data pipes: XHR, WebSockets, EventSource. This feature allows web services to "push" notifications to a client without having to worry about whether the client is on- or off-line. It's "store and forward", sort of a one-way micro e-mail (or app-specific SMS?). This feature is more interesting for mobile web apps than browser web sites, and it would be easy to imagine that the default middleman for a B2G device could be the carrier rather than Mozilla (and the carrier already knows where you are).