Re: [ResourcePriorities] Only specify lazyload on img

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:27:09 +0200, James Simonsen <simonjam@google.com>
> wrote:
>
>  script
>>>
>>> This already has means to control when the script is executed (async and
>>> defer). Since scripts are invisible, lazyload seems like the wrong
>>> semantic. If the author wishes to load a script at a certain point, that
>>> is
>>> possible by creating and inserting a script at that point.
>>>
>>>
>> The point is that it doesn't block the load event. You can specify
>> everything in HTML, but not interfere with the critical path of the page
>> load. An example use would be analytics, where it doesn't need to obstruct
>> the page load and can load and run at an arbitrarily later time.
>>
>
> This is already addressed by <script async>.


Blink blocks the load event on <script async>. Is that a bug? It seems
someone would've complained by now.

http://stevesouders.com/cuzillion/?c0=hb0hfff0_1_t&t=1372197824038

Another thought: async begins loading immediately. Lazyload may start
loading later at the browser's discretion.

James