On Building Offline-Friendly Forms

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Frontend developer Max Böck some time ago posted an article on how to create offline-friendly web forms

Using the navigator.onLine method for checking if the user is still connected to the Internet, localStorage and service workers Max outlines a method for alleviating an annoying problem that comes with using forms on the web, particular on mobile platforms:

Losing data and having to fill in a form repetitively if you lose your Internet connection before that form has been submitted.

Having forms retain data in offline situations hence provides tremendous usability benefits.

25. Februar 2018 by Bjoern in Front End Entwicklung, Software, Web Applikation
About the author: Bjoern
Independent IT consultant, entrepreneur

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