Ajax Search when offline?

  • Thanks for a great plugin! Makes it easy to off an app-like experience to the users.

    One caveat though.. If looking at https://sortering.sonfor.dk/ and adding the PWA til the homescreen… Once offline, the “app” still seems working, as the front page is cached. However, the sites uses Ajax Search, which does now work offline – resulting in a perpetual spinning wheel..

    How do you suggest I handle that situation?

    One approach could be always to show the “Offline Page” if phone is offline. Could that be an option?

    Kind regards
    Bjarne

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  • Hello Bjarne,

    Thanks for the kind words and support!

    Hmm, this is interesting. Ideally the ajax search should show a message once the ajax request times out, but since PWA’s are new, its not fair to expect others to adapt.

    Shows the offline page always would work, but that defeats the purpose of a PWA. All that cached stuff becomes useless.

    I will add to my todo and think about it and get back to you on this.

    Best regards.

    Thread Starter Bjarne Oldrup

    (@oldrup)

    Thanks for thinking about it.. I also reached out to the Ajax Search Lite plugin developer, he’s generally very open to suggestions and ideas. https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/ajax-search-and-progressive-web-apps-offline/

    /Bjarne

    Thanks Bjarne,

    A timeout error would be nice. I will update you once I get a chance to test it out.

    Hello Bjarne,

    Hope you are well.

    I have added this to our internal feature tracker which means this will be done at some point. I however do not have an ETA right now because of more pressing matters.

    I will update this thread here as it happens of course.

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