- From: Belov, Charles <Charles.Belov@sfmta.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:46:17 -0700
- To: <www-style@w3.org>
- Cc: "Levantovsky, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Levantovsky@monotypeimaging.com>, "John Daggett" <jdaggett@mozilla.com>, "Beth Dakin" <bdakin@apple.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, <robert@ocallahan.org>
Robert O'Callahan wrote on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:37 PM > A good policy might involve more than just a single timeout. E.g. > 1) Display nothing for the first two seconds while the font > is downloading. > 2) If the font still isn't available, estimate the remaining > time required to finish downloading; if it's more than two > seconds, show fallback text until the font has finished downloading. > 3) Otherwise, show nothing for three more seconds while the > font is downloading. If the font still hasn't finished > downloading, show fallback text until it finishes downloading. > (The idea is that if you can accurately estimate download > rates, you can avoid ever showing fallback text and then > immediately switching to the correct font.) As long as I can override it in the user style sheet or UA. I find it disruptive when a page changes layout on me after I have already started reading or otherwise interacting with it (unless it is directly in response to an intentional interaction on my part). Hope this helps, Charles Belov SFMTA Webmaster
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