AFAIK, clicking the stop button of the navigator or clicking on a link in the page will abort outbound requests. That's exactly the kind of aborts authors want to differentiate from network errors. I assume those buttons are UI features that permit request cancellation for users? Or am I completly missing the point again?
On 25 February 2013 10:08, Anne van Kesteren <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Julian Aubourg <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have the same questions as Jungkee. What is it you want to remove > exactly? > > Why do you think the distinction between an user-initiated abort and a > > network error is irrelevant? If I am to believe jQuery's bug tracker, our > > users want and need the distinction. > > Euhm. My email said "end user" (which the spec simply calls users, > jQuery's users are called authors/developers). If you search for "This > is an abort error" you'll find the bits I think can be removed due to > lack of browser UI for that feature. > > > -- > http://annevankesteren.nl/ >
