PeakD should add the ability to create Draft articles also in offline mode
I find myself often travelling and with the desire and inspiration to write articles for posting on the Hive blockchain. My favorite interface for that is PeakD, but when I am on the road or flying sometimes I don't have internet access. And I end up writing in a Notes application and later on move my content to a Hive interface from where I can post when I have internet. But what it would be cool and useful would be to be able to write draft articles on PeakD in offline mode. That would mean to save the Draft locally and when online for the app to pick it up and show it to you. This should apply for one draft, but also for multiple ones if it us the case.
Use cases
I think that there are many situations where this functionality would be useful. Travelers like myself or digital nomads are an clear example. During long flights, train rides or road trips there is often no internet connection available, but there is plenty of time to write.
Another use case is people with unstable internet connections. Instead of worrying about losing work, they could continue writing and let the platform synchronize everything later. Or if there is a power strike and you are writing something, probably it would be good to have the ability to save the draft.
Anyone could suddenly get inspiration and want to quickly capture ideas before they disappear. Having offline drafts available directly inside PeakD would remove the need to use separate note-taking applications and later copy and paste everything. It would also be convenient for users managing multiple communities or preparing a series of articles ahead of time.
Potential solutions
A simple solution could be to store drafts locally inside the browser using a local storage or something. Each draft could be automatically saved every few seconds to prevent accidental data loss. When the user reconnects to the internet, PeakD could detect the existing offline drafts and display them together with the normal online drafts, maybe mark those in a specific way.
Another option would be to offer an export and import feature for drafts, allowing users to back them up or move them between devices. A synchronization mechanism could also be implemented to upload local drafts to the user's account once connectivity is restored. That would be less desirable for me, but well anything more than now would be an improvement imo.
Is this common or easy to do?
Offline first functionality has become quite common in modern web applications. Services such as Google Docs and many note-taking apps already support working without an active internet connection and do a sync when Internet is available again. While implementing this feature would require some development effort (which with AI could be minimized quite much), the technologies for doing this are mature and widely used.
For me this seems like a realistic enhancement rather than a challenging task. Adding offline draft support would improve the writing experience and usability on PeakD and make content creation on Hive much more flexible for users who are frequently on the move like myself. Would be great to see this in their pipeline.