From 4f288e3ba269d7d67a75e51ecbf8bebb0ea52b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nabeel Omer Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:22:40 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update --- docs/tutorial/online-offline-events.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/tutorial/online-offline-events.md b/docs/tutorial/online-offline-events.md index 88dc179279a1..b231cede710b 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial/online-offline-events.md +++ b/docs/tutorial/online-offline-events.md @@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ _online-status.html_ ``` **NOTE:** If Electron is not able to connect to a local area network (LAN) or a router, it is considered offline; all other conditions return true. -So while you can assume that the browser is offline when `navigator.onLine` +So while you can assume that Electron is offline when `navigator.onLine` returns a false value, you cannot assume that a true value necessarily -means that the browser can access the internet. You could be getting false +means that Electron can access the internet. You could be getting false positives, such as in cases where the computer is running a virtualization software that has virtual ethernet adapters that are always "connected." -Therefore, if you really want to determine the online status of the browser, +Therefore, if you really want to determine the internet access status of Electron, you should develop additional means for checking.