- From: Jatinder Mann <jmann@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 23:50:42 +0000
- To: "public-web-perf@w3.org" <public-web-perf@w3.org>
Received on Friday, 27 May 2011 23:51:13 UTC
After evaluating how to add a reference to the expected behavior of plugins in the Resource Timing spec, I have come to the conclusion that it may be best to not describe that behavior: - Plugins are not a standardized web platform feature and may not behave uniformly across user agents. - User agents may not even support plugins. - There are various types of plugin, some may or may not cause resource retrieval. - A plugin may or may not rely on a user agent's networking stack and may implement its own. Considering the Resource Timing spec already makes the expected behavior of when a resource is retrieved from the networking layer or the cache clear, a plugin that modifies a page such that a resource is fetched is already covered. Other resources fetched that aren't initiated from the current document are already ignored. In an effort to not confuse readers, I recommend the spec does not reference plugins. Thanks, Jatinder
Received on Friday, 27 May 2011 23:51:13 UTC