On Sep 28, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Adam Barth wrote: > I guess I don't understand your perspective. Are you arguing that > prefetch is a misfeature and folks should use image tags instead? > That doesn't really make sense to me. For example, using an explicit > prefect API means the prefetch gets properly prioritized and doesn't > delay the load event. Below you characterize prefetch as a hack, but > it seems like a useful feature that's used by a bunch of sites. > > As for X-Purpose, sometimes you seem to be saying that it can't be > used correctly, whereas other times you seem to be saying that it can > be used correctly, just that sites will screw it up. At the beginning > of the discussion, you seemed worried about the size increase to > requests. Reading your messages, it feels like you don't like > X-Purpose, but you're not quite sure why. As the discussion > progresses, your reasons for disliking it seem to shift. > > Server operators seem to be sad that we're don't have the same feature > as Firefox. I don't understand why we shouldn't make them happier.
I'll try to find out the reasons we added "X-Purpose: preview" to Safari's snapshot fetcher. If similar use cases apply to prefetch, then that seems like a strong argument to add "X-Purpose: prefetch". Regards, Maciej _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev