[webkit-dev] Lazy loading

[Rob Buis]

Apologies, it seems I spread some misinformation about CSS background 
lazy loading, which Scott rectified.

On 10/29/19 12:36 AM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

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>> On Oct 28, 2019, at 3:08 PM, Rob Buis <rbuis at igalia.com> wrote:
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>> On 10/28/19 9:07 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
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>>>> Yet another possible task is making lazy loading work for CSS backgrounds, this is implemented in the prototype but I don't think there are many tests for it.
>>> Is there a way for content authors to opt in/out (depending on the default), or does this just always follow what the default lazy loading setting is?
>>  From reading the chromium code, it seems to use a combination of feature policy and the loading attribute to decide whether to enable CSS backgrounds lazy loading or not. Hopefully a chromium developer can confirm.
> - I couldn’t find a spec for a lazy loading feature policy either, and the Chrome Platform Status page for it gives the status as “removed”[2] so this too might be a nonstandard thing. Or maybe there is a newer  (Doesn’t look like the feature policy aspect is in your patch though.)
The prototype was done in February. I think Youenn was starting 
implementation of feature policy at the same time or maybe later. Then 
later I did not really touch CSS background lazy loading again, since 
there were a lot of other issues instead to address, one of them being 
the spec was changing over time. Will be happy with addressing it now, 
though I am not sure how impactful it will be for users compared to lazy 
image loading.
> I hope I am not being too nitpicky. I do think this is a great feature. I just want to make sure we’re cautious about the line between implementing standards-track stuff vs copying things from Chromium that are nonstandard or unspecified (so far).

Understood.

Regards,

Rob.