- From: Michael Heuberger <michael.heuberger@binarykitchen.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 18:52:50 +1200
- To: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org
Hi Julian Yes, with "AJAX" requests I meant using XMLHTTPRequest. > If the initial page load yields a 404 will there be any scripts to > execute at all? Oh yes, absolutely. Have you ever written a single page app? There is lots of logic to execute when a 404 occurs. I could count plenty of use cases and functions that make sense. Here some examples: - Notify the administrator about a 404 by email with a response back to the server - Display a beautiful 404 page and hide parts of the navigation - Reveal navigation history to give users a better usability experience during 404s - And many more ... All these above examples run on JavaScript. Because there is currently no way for JavaScript to determine if the page load yielded a 404, a subsequent request, namely a XMLHTTPRequest one is often added. In my professional opinion a bad solution. Again, I strongly believe that this would be a huge improvement and avoids unnecessary network traffic. Cheers Michael -- Binary Kitchen Michael Heuberger 4c Dunbar Road Mt Eden Auckland 1024 (New Zealand) Mobile (text only) ... +64 21 261 89 81 Email ................ michael@binarykitchen.com Website .............. http://www.binarykitchen.com
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