Re: About window.performance namespace

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Zhiheng Wang <zhihengw@google.com> wrote:
> Hi, Jonas,
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Zhiheng Wang <zhihengw@google.com> wrote:
>> >    Thanks to all for chiming in with many perspectives! Given the
>> > imminent
>> > timing line let's make the call on this
>> > topic and move forward: NavigationTiming will use window.performance
>> > object,
>> > which itself is replaceable.
>> >    Here are the points we've covered so far to reach this decision:
>> >   - There is interest to keep the interface concise, which has its own
>> > advantage in the long run.
>> >   - Most of us agree that we should avoid the potential conflicts with
>> > existing pages. Having window.performance replaceable
>> >     address that.
>> >   - Probably a common practice, having window.performance replaceable
>> > could
>> > still confuse some. But so far there
>> >     doesn't seem to be any objection to that.
>> >   - There is some risk allowing developers to replace
>> > window.performance.
>> > But considering most objects/functions
>> >     are replaceable in ECMA scripts, protecting window.performance alone
>> > could be a half-way solution to integrity
>> >     of the collected. So best intentions are assumed.
>> >   - Less of an argument... but this is the current implementation
>> > adopted by
>> > IE and Chrome.
>>
>> I'm still not understanding this. As far as I can see only the last
>> point, which you are saying is "less of an argument", seems to be an
>> argument for using the name "performance".
>
>     Yes, it's not a deciding factor but still an argument in practice.
>
>>
>> I'll point out, yet again, that my question of why not using
>> "pagePerformance" or "performanceMetrics", still remains unanswered.
>
>     window.performance is short and terse so it bears more weight than
> others.
> And, when it's on billions of pages, every byte counts. :-)
> cheers,

So shortness is the main argument? Wouldn't "pagePerf" or
"perfMetrics" be better or as good then?

/ Jonas

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