RE: [NavigationTiming] Issues in the document.open test (or perhaps in the spec, if the test is correct)

On Saturday, June 23, 2012 10:26 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> In Gecko, at least, what makes something a "navigation" is whether certain events 
> fire and whether the Window object changes.  Document object identity never even 
> enters the picture.  Since this specification does not define what a "navigation" is, 
> Gecko is simply using its internal definition, and as far as I can tell that's perfectly 
> conformant with the spec as it is written now.
>
> If the intent of the spec is to exclude document.open from changing the state, then 
> the specification needs to define "navigation" accordingly. 

I agree that the specification should explicitly define "navigation". Aside from excluding dynamic markup insertion, it is something the spec should have nonetheless.

I will propose some text shortly and solicit feedback.

Thanks,
Jatinder

Received on Thursday, 28 June 2012 02:21:32 UTC