[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 63317] New: Web Inspector: console.markTimeline vs. console.timeStamp

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63317

           Summary: Web Inspector: console.markTimeline vs.
                    console.timeStamp
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Web Inspector
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: odvarko at gmail.com
                CC: timothy at apple.com, rik at webkit.org, keishi at webkit.org,
                    pmuellr at yahoo.com, joepeck at webkit.org,
                    pfeldman at chromium.org, yurys at chromium.org,
                    bweinstein at apple.com, apavlov at chromium.org,
                    loislo at chromium.org


Since console.timeStamp (introduced in Firebug 1.8 beta) does pretty much the same as console.markTimeline in WebKit, I am thinking about adopting the name so, the API is the same across web devtools (certainly better for web-dev folks)

The question is whether you would consider renaming console.markTimeline. Or it’s already frozen.

The reason is that not all dev tools have to necessarily understand what a “timeline” means. For example, Firebug doesn’t really have an official timeline even if the waterfall graph used on the Net panel is often using that term.

Some tools don’t have to necessarily have something like a timeline at all and they could implement the method for logging purposes only – not displayed graphically, but only for comparing (order) with other logs.


>From these reasons the console.timeStamp seems to be more generic and flexible and also more inline with existing API names like:

- time
- timeEnd

What do you think?

I have created a bug report also in the Firebug issue list here:
http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=4560

Honza

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