Re: [whatwg] A mask="" advisory flag for <link rel=icon>

• From: Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com>
• Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:51:46 -0700
• To: whatwg@whatwg.org
• Message-ID: <m2bngfgyvx.fsf@apple.com>

Hi Elliott,

You wrote:

> I'm fine with either interpretation, mask-icon or "icon mask" like
> "alternate stylesheet". I don't think adding a mask attribute to the
> HTMLLinkElement for this makes sense.

Could you elaborate? It's not clear to me why <link rel=icon mask>
wouldn't make sense, but <link rel=icon sizes> does. They are both
useful advisory hints that help UAs avoid redundant resource loads.


Ted

Received on Tuesday, 16 June 2015 20:52:12 UTC