Getting started with HTML5 offline web applications

HTML5 Offline

This article explains the HTML 5 “offline” feature, which gives website creators an easy method to dictate what a browser should store for use when internet (network) connectivity is unavailable. It explains the default HTTP caching method that browsers use and then how to use the HTML 5’s application cache, with a short example web application that shows an offline mode image if there is no network connection. In this article, I’ll use “application” to mean any website, game or other type of product that is delivered via the internet