- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:53:41 -0500
On 1/13/10 4:56 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > The spec currently distinguishes between the initial about:blank load > (creation of a new browsing context), which actually doesn't involve > navigation, and navigating to about:blank. > > It seems like simply making the first one synchronous, but making the > latter asynchronous, would satisfy your use case. Would other vendors be > ok with this? In case it wasn't clear from the relevant Gecko thread, I would personally be fine with this. That said, would "initial about:blank load" only include <iframe/> (no src at all), or also <iframe src=""/> or also <iframe src="about:blank"/>? I suspect it doesn't matter that much, actually, but would welcome confirmation. > Would it have other problems? Are there cases other than navigation where > about:blank being synchronous is detectable? (I couldn't find any.) I'm not sure what you're asking here... -Boris
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