On Mon, 18 Jan 2010, Boris Zbarsky wrote: > On 1/13/10 4:56 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > The spec currently distinguishes between the initial about:blank load > > (creation of a new browsing context), which actually doesn't involve > > navigation, and navigating to about:blank. > > > > It seems like simply making the first one synchronous, but making the > > latter asynchronous, would satisfy your use case. Would other vendors be > > ok with this? > > In case it wasn't clear from the relevant Gecko thread, I would personally be > fine with this. That said, would "initial about:blank load" only include > <iframe/> (no src at all), or also <iframe src=""/> or also <iframe > src="about:blank"/>? I suspect it doesn't matter that much, actually, but > would welcome confirmation.
It would include any browsing context creation, including, e.g. window.open(), <object> pointing to an HTML file before the HTML file is loaded, etc. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'