On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbar...@mit.edu> wrote:
> On 4/29/13 6:50 AM, James Graham wrote: > >> So far we have kept the model where the load event is auomatically >> managed by the UA, rather than giving the developer direct control of it. >> > > Developers already have direct control over the load event to the extent > being proposed, as far as I can tell. Consider this: > > var blockers = []; > function blockOnload() { > var i = document.createElement("**iframe"); > document.documentElement.**appendChild(i); > blockers.push(i.**contentDocument); > i.contentDocument.open(); > } > > function unblockOnload() { > blockers.pop().close(); > } > > Of course expecting web developers to come up with this themselves and > have to redo all this boilerplate is not reasonable, not to mention the > pollutes-the-DOM and uses-way-too-much-memory aspect of it all. Possibly relevant: http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/6781 Rick > > > -Boris >