[whatwg] Prerendering and APIs

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky at mit.edu> wrote:

> On 4/9/12 2:16 PM, Gavin Peters (?????) wrote:
>
>> However, this is strikingly similar to two other cases: when a<link
>> rel=stylesheet ...>  element is removed from the document, in WebKit, we
>> remove the stylesheet from the document, although this isn't explicitly
>> specified in 4.12.5.11,
>> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/**web-apps/current-work/**
>> multipage/links.html#link-**type-stylesheet<http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/links.html#link-type-stylesheet>
>> .
>>
>
> In this situation, Gecko removes the stylesheet from the document, but
> does not stop its load and keeps it in the per-document object cache. Fwiw.


This is also true in WebKit, my apologies for not making that distinction
clear.


>  It is also similar to what happens on removal of an object or applet
>> element.
>>
>
> Yes.
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 10 April 2012 04:51:01 UTC