On 13.01.2011 18:02, Alexey Proskuryakov wrote:
12.01.2011, в 22:42, Darin Fisher написал(а):
Supporting the Link header enables web servers to inject<link> tags without
modifying the document, which can be useful, especially for intermediaries.
I'm wondering what the use cases are. To me, adding a way for metadata to change
document behavior sounds like a misfeature - it adds significant complexity to the
system, while taking away existing functionality. As a specific example discussed in
this thread, we'd break some browser extensions like Incognito if resource loading
could bypass onbeforeload. As another example, we'd break<base> element.
Well, there are document types where you *can't* inline the metadata.
Historically, attempts to use HTTP metadata with HTML caused significant
trouble - user agents don't even agree on Content-Type handling, and more
complicated features like Vary pretty much don't work at all. Is there a reason
to believe that fetching resources via Link will be anything more than a source
of incompatibilities and security bugs?
We should distinguish between the act of declaring the link, and the
moment where a potential fetch actually happens (it doesn't always
happen, after all).
I agree that stuffing things just to get a fetch to happen "earlier"
maybe a premature optimization.
Best regards, Julian
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