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Mozilla on Monday was the first to make an official announcement, but the developers of Chrome, Edge and WebKit (the layout engine used by Apple's Safari) said they plan on doing the same.
AppCache is an HTML5 application caching mechanism that allows website developers to specify which resources should be available offline. This improves speed, reduces server load, and enables users to browse a site even when they are offline.
While application caching has some benefits, it can also introduce serious security risks, which is partly why it has been deprecated and its use is no longer recommended.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/major-browser-vendors-restrict-appcache-secure-connections
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 14 2018, @10:23PM
Pity that every website just has to have their own copy of jquery in the cache even if it is the same version