Resume page automatically

[gkuser]

Hi to all,
I created an application where Firefox automatically starts in kioskmode loading a link on a server.

If the network connection fails Firefox goes to the error page (Server not found) and remains there until someone manually reloads the page.

I need to know how to make Firefox to resume the page automatically once the connection restarted.

There is a plug-in/add-on?

Thanks a lot


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gkuser

[DanRaisch]

Moving to Web Development.

[gkuser]

Thanks!

[isaacschemm]

What I would do is make a page that has nothing on it except:
1. a big iframe showing the page you actually want to see
2. a script that's in charge of periodically refreshing it

I don't have any example code, but I think it would be fairly straightforward.

[gkuser]

Thanks for you reply, but I can't do the iframe reload, because
the link contain an web application, (home, news and other) inside more than one information.

If I make an iframe reload the page, the user can't navigate inside the application.

Thanks

[AlfonsoML]

old way:
Use the main frame to run a script that checks if the connection is OK. When it fails raise a flag and when the connection is restored again then launch again the iframe with the home page.

new way:
Turn your page into a progressive web app that use service workers and all the new shiny stuff to control network state and use your own cache so the page works even without network connection.

[gkuser]

Thanks AlfonsoML,
we can't put all the information in cache ...

But thanks for the idea, we need to think about.

Thanks to all

[AlfonsoML]

You don't need to put everything in cache, just the minimal to say "waiting for internet" and use the connection events to do its job

[gkuser]

Thanks,
there are some simple examplea using connection events on the web to try a test?

Thanks in any case

[gkuser]

This is a possibility?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... ine_events

[gkuser]

This may be another:

http://github.hubspot.com/offline/docs/welcome/