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Re:Superhuman is what Gmail would be if built today by m_mueller on Friday August 18, 2017 @08:21PM (#15050784)
Apperently more like a plugin. Pure web technologies don't give you more than a couple 100mb of local storage (at best).
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Re:Superhuman is what Gmail would be if built today by reissbaker on Friday August 18, 2017 @10:12PM (#15051251)
I don't know whether Superhuman will be a plugin or not, but there's no reason it would have to be; IndexedDB can provide gigabytes of space, and it's standardized, and current versions of Chrome, FF, and Safari all support it.
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Re:Superhuman is what Gmail would be if built today by m_mueller on Friday August 18, 2017 @11:52PM (#15051564)
Depends if you consider IE and Mobile Safari as a required target. They have 250MB and 50MB limits, respectively. But yes, if these can be omitted then IndexedDB API seems fine nowadays.

Edit: MS Edge also has 250MB-500MB; they're just always playing catch up, even when their market share has dwindled...

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Re:Superhuman is what Gmail would be if built today by egeozcan on Saturday August 19, 2017 @07:07AM (#15052749)
Does the spec define the minimum amount of space the browser must allocate?
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Re:Superhuman is what Gmail would be if built today by colordrops on Saturday August 19, 2017 @02:06AM (#15051948)
Can normal webpages access IMAP and SMTP servers?
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