Re: Feedback on Image modules

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Anthony Ricaud <anthony@ricaud.me> wrote:
> And when a new format will come out, every UA will download this new format since it knows nothing about it.

That's no worse than today's world, where every UA downloads *every* resource.


> Plus, it ties the URL to the file format which is not a good idea.

Theoretically, sure, but in practice the file extension is a very
strong indicator.


> Wouldn't it make more sense to use the same logic as @font-face : format() ? Only known formats are downloaded.

Possibly.  That's a bit clumsier in the functional notation, but it
might work in a different syntax.

~TJ

Received on Saturday, 11 December 2010 23:29:02 UTC