[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 15843] New: Request for an API that short-circuit's the image loader

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15843

           Summary: Request for an API that short-circuit's the image loader
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 523.x+ (nightly)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit Gtk
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: pvanhoof at gnome.org


This is a feature request for E-mail clients that want to use the HTML widget
for viewing HTML messages with inline attached images.

When the HTML component requests the images of a IMG tag (in an E-mail), and I
don't yet have it, then on a modern IMAP server I can request a CONVERT-ed
version of it, that is adapted to the screen's size for example. So if the HTML
component can offer me the ideal size for the image, on a modern IMAP server
that is very useful info because I can request an image that has its size
reduced. This saves bandwidth on a device that is using GPRS (GPRS's bandwidth
is expensive stuff that you don't want to consume just for the fun of it.
Unless you want to anger your user)


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