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

[Maciej Stachowiak]

On Sep 17, 2009, at 2:16 PM, John Abd-El-Malek wrote:

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>
> I think the image trick is more attractive than <a ping> because  
> it's easier for web developers to use.  But I'm not convinced it's  
> the cleanest method we can come up with.  If we are expecting web  
> developers to change, then I'd prefer something more explicit link  
> asyncPing(url).  The benefit is that it doesn't tie up connection  
> limits like image loading would, and hence shouldn't impact the  
> navigated page's loading.  The UA is then free to pick the best time  
> to do the ping, i.e. when network activity has died down.
>

With the Image trick, web developers don't have to change, other than  
to get rid of the busy loop. I wouldn't be too averse to also adding  
an explicit  ping API, but it seems to me it's possible to do many of  
the optimizations you describe for the Image-in-unload trick.

  - Maciej