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Maybe I'm confused, but provided I bootstrap the app every time by downloading a script that then downloads the big-ass app (that includes styling and whatnot) if necessary, I should be fine right? Or am I missing something? That said I do understand that avoiding this could be desirable.
What happens if your user is offline (airplane mode, no data, etc), and can't download the initial bootstrap script? There's no way to avoid an error page at this time, unless you use a browser-specific plugin (the drive offline addon is one of these, but they now use service workers for the same functionality on chrome IIRC). This is especially useful in non-us, non-eu countries, where people pay a lot for data, rel…
Ah, of course. That is indeed a significant issue...