spec/Overview.html 1.1041 1852 notes on fetching (whatwg r1852) (change

notes on fetching (whatwg r1852) (changed by: Ian Hickson)

Diffs for this change per section: 
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1041.html#fetching
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1041.html#content-type-sniffing

Current content per affected section: 
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#fetching
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#content-type-sniffing

Previously published WD content per affected section: 
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#fetching
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#content-type-sniffing

Cumulative diff: http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.diff.html

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.1040&r2=1.1041&f=h

http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=1851&to=1852

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.1040
retrieving revision 1.1041
diff -u -d -r1.1040 -r1.1041
--- Overview.html	8 Jul 2008 23:01:36 -0000	1.1040
+++ Overview.html	8 Jul 2008 23:10:44 -0000	1.1041
@@ -5774,7 +5774,12 @@
    the URL, etc; "once fetched, a resource might have to have its type
    determined", pointing to the next section but also explicitly saying that
    it's up to the part of the spec doing the fetching to determine how the
-   type is established
+   type is established</p>
+  <!-- XXX make sure to say that fetching can delay the actual load,
+  so long as it resolves the URL first. This is important because some
+  UAs want to prioritise downloads of certain resources over others
+  (e.g. not loading video poster frames until the video is on the
+  screen) -->
 
   <h3 id=content-type-sniffing><span class=secno>2.7 </span>Determining the
    type of a resource</h3>

Received on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 23:13:52 UTC