Re: ClientRectList.item() usage is very low in Blink

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com> wrote:
> http://dev.w3.org/fxtf/geometry/ says "The DOMRectList interface is
> at-risk. The authors of this specification await feedback from
> implementers if the item() function of DOMRectList is currently in use
> on legacy interfaces. If there is no/not enough content to justify
> DOMRectList, legacy interfaces must use sequences instead and
> DOMRectList will be removed from this specification."
>
> Chrome 43 reached the stable channel about a week ago, and it had a
> use counter in Blink to answer this very question:
> https://www.chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/694
>
> Compare that to another use counter also in the same release:
> https://www.chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/696
>
> When usage rounds to zero as for ClientRectList.item(), it means that
> <0.0001% of page loads are affected. This is no guarantee that
> replacing ClientRectList with sequence<ClientRect> as the return value
> of Element.getClientRects() and Range.getClientRects() would be safe,
> but it's promising.
>
> (Dirk Schulze suggested that I notify public-fx and www-style.)

Excellent news. Thanks, Philip!

~TJ

Received on Wednesday, 27 May 2015 22:03:39 UTC