[webkit-dev] Limiting slow unload handlers (Re: Back/forward cache for pages with unload handlers)

Adam Barth abarth at webkit.org
Thu Sep 17 02:54:13 PDT 2009


On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
> A third possibility: limit unload persistence to Image and XMLHttpRequest,
> to limit the complexity. That's assuming sites are not using scripts,
> stylesheets or frames to do the exit ping - I don't know if that's a good
> assumption.

My understanding is that image loads are commonly used for this
purpose because of their run-to-completion behavior in IE.

Adam


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