I love the web. The web should allow anyone to access any experience that they need without the need for native install or content walled garden.
akachan.app is a Single Page Application (SPA) built for instant loading without using JavaScript on the client-side. Instead, all JavaScript resides in a Service Worker and is also executable on the server. This approach offers significant performance benefits but introduces challenges regarding third-party sign-in integration and data synchronization.
This post kicks off documenting the requirements for the next version of AJAXTagger. The goal is to create a successful application (by my definition) by outlining features across functional areas, UI/UX, client/server-side business logic, data access, and dependencies. Key features include easy journal tagging, related information retrieval (tags, articles, blogs, websites), diverse search provider integration, streamlined results presentation, image inclusion, and efficient article pulling/saving. The UI should minimize user effort, provide immediate feedback, and offer information hiding. Performance is crucial, targeting IE6/7 and Firefox, with emphasis on minimal server round trips, client-side optimization, and error handling. Data storage is preferably client-side, with external access optimized for speed and resilience. External dependencies include various search engines/services, while internal constraints involve limited server access and reliance on HTML, JavaScript, and XmlHTTPrequest.