[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 30614] Web Inspector: Render timeline information in the frontend

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30614





--- Comment #9 from Timothy Hatcher <timothy at hatcher.name>  2009-10-21 11:25:29 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> > I guess it is sticky until you close the Inspector right? Why not make it
> > global sticky? Other panels are just as bad to keep always enabled. Why not let
> > this one?
> 
> Three reasons here:
> 
> 1) it is resource consuming and it actually slows things down a bit
> 2) currently timeline only works when frontend is there, events are pushed
> straight into it, not collected in inspector controller
> 3) this thing is supposed to survive refresh, so if we are collecting events we
> might go out of heap without knowing it (with inspector closed)

OK, I buy that.

> > So the resources you see corispond to load events? Is the bar as long as it
> > would be on the Resources panel, or just as long as it takes to fire the load
> > event?
> 
> I was more saying that we should not differentiate between types of resources.
> I should not have used 'it is load event' term, i still think resource load
> should be separate from the load event that happens once resource is there.

OK.

> > Would changing the config reset the timeline?
> 
> I don't think it should. It would just start adding more colors to the
> subsequent timeline.

Makes sense. Was just checking.

> I'll wait for you to come up with the mocks and then will be able to hack it
> while flying over the ocean. I'd like to agree on the sticky bit though since
> it affects the way timeline events are actually collected (whether we need to
> cache them in InspectorController or not).

I agree with oyu on the sticky bit.

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