Fair enough. I probably won't use it, but if other developers want that and it's generally understood to be the static html file, then I am happy.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 2:49 PM, J. Ryan Stinnett <[email protected]> wrote: > (Adding dev-developer-tools as well, in case others on the team have > comments.) > > I usually think of it the same way as Sam above, view-source has an > expected meaning of the server's response. If it happens you're > looking at an app that generates its content client side, then there > won't be much to see in that view. > > - Ryan > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Sam Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > > my 2c: View-source has a well defined meaning at this point; if a button > > says view-source, I expect the (static/server-response) source, not the > > document outerHTML. If what you really want is a snapshot of the markup > > *now*, you look for DOM inspector / inspect element function instead. > > View-source gets you in at the ground floor, and you can navigate from > there > > to the page's resources. It may not end up being that useful for a page > like > > Calendar/index.html, maybe there's a UI solution to toggle between > inspector > > and view-source. > > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Gareth Aye <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hey fxos people, > >> > >> *Background* > >> > >> Calendar (like many gaia apps) is a single page application. We still > use > >> urls internally for navigation and that came up recently for 2.5 view > source > >> since our client-only urls (/month, /week, /event/add, etc) were > confusing > >> view source which wanted to map urls to html files. > >> > >> My question is about the usefulness of view source if it grabs a static > >> html file instead of a dump of the active html. Calendar's html file > lacks a > >> lot of components which are lazily loaded. I don't use view source > typically > >> (usually I inspect element). Is view source (over inspect element) a > popular > >> desktop feature and what do developers use it for? Are we okay with the > fact > >> that our apps' html files (and probably a significant overall > percentage of > >> mobile web apps) will lack a lot of ui components which are dynamically > >> loaded? > >> > >> (Entirely possible that I am missing something, so don't hesitate to > tell > >> me if my premises are totally off.) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Gareth > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dev-fxos mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-fxos mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > > >
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