- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:20:31 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:03:45 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > > > > > > The definition of downloading a resource must be clear that even if > > > the resource does not need to be downloaded (because it has been > > > cached or something) the load event still needs to be dispatched (or > > > the error event, in case it contains errors). > > > > Isn't this an HTTP issue? > > I suppose you could call it that. The main issue is that people are > confused with the current wording and assume it either doesn't cover > cached images or that in case of images being cached the text does not > apply. (The Opera browser has for some time not dispatched those events > because of incorrect assumptions.) > > So a generic note somewhere that downloading can refer to retrieving it > over the network or reading it from the cache, etc. would be good. Does the current text do this to your satisfaction? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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