There are a few references to 'pushing' content, but isn't periodic sync "pull"?
Updated icons after a UI overhaul of a web app.
Minor thing, but it seemed odd that you'd only fetch new icons if the whole UI has been overhauled.
Fresh articles from news sites.
This is a great use-case. It might be worth pointing out why push isn't suited to this. The updates will be too frequent, so the content site will have to batch pushes, but the browser is in a much better position to do that.
Additional tasks like resource management add complexity to this approach
From reading this, I'm not sure what resources it's referring to, or who would be managing them.
Enable a web app to run tasks periodically on network connectivity
"on network connectivity" makes it sound like a triggering event. Maybe "Enable a web app to run tasks periodically while the device has network connectivity".
Removing a periodic sync when the user signs out
Maybe don't mentioning signing out. Clear-Site-Data is a much more robust feature for that use case.
Should we mention that UAs could/should be stricter on how long the service worker stays awake for this feature compared to more visible things like push?
There are a few references to 'pushing' content, but isn't periodic sync "pull"?
Minor thing, but it seemed odd that you'd only fetch new icons if the whole UI has been overhauled.
This is a great use-case. It might be worth pointing out why push isn't suited to this. The updates will be too frequent, so the content site will have to batch pushes, but the browser is in a much better position to do that.
From reading this, I'm not sure what resources it's referring to, or who would be managing them.
"on network connectivity" makes it sound like a triggering event. Maybe "Enable a web app to run tasks periodically while the device has network connectivity".
Maybe don't mentioning signing out.
Clear-Site-Datais a much more robust feature for that use case.Should we mention that UAs could/should be stricter on how long the service worker stays awake for this feature compared to more visible things like push?