- From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:04:50 -0700
>>> Document.load would be the simplified >>> load/save method that it would make sense to standardize IMO, since >>> Firefox >>> has it and it is needed for Web compatibility. I am concerned though that >>> Document.load() allows for synchronous network loads. >> >> I'm certainly no fan of Document.load() and wish it would go away. In >> fact we have decided not to add any additional features such as CORS >> or progress event support in order to discourage its use and move >> people to XHR instead. > > > For better or for worse, enough sites seem to rely on it that we'll likely > have to implement it in WebKit: > > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9063 > > That says to me that it should likely be standardized in some form, even if > it is discouraged. Yeah, probably. It'd be nice to start deprecating it right away though (by adding a warning message any time someone is using it in the error console). However it'd probably take a while before usage has reduced to the point where we can drop support. / Jonas
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