I'm not opposed to this idea but... what Is a realistic use case for this? Sincerely, James Greene
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Michael Heuberger < michael.heuber...@binarykitchen.com> wrote: > Hello WhatWG > > There is a need to obtain the HTTP status code for the page itself from > JavaScript: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=999886 > > I think this would be a great feature to save additional traffic in an > already congested internet. Because I see lots of queries made by > XMLHttpRequest solely to obtain the HTTP status code of the same URL. > > If the global browser variable (JavaScript) would already hold the > status code, then these queries would become obsolete and the internet > becomes a bit less blocked. > > Let me know how to proceed with my proposal within WhatWG. > > Greetings from Auckland, > Michael > > -- > > Binary Kitchen > Michael Heuberger > 4c Dunbar Road > Mt Eden > Auckland 1024 > (New Zealand) > > Mobile (text only) ... +64 21 261 89 81 > Email ................ mich...@binarykitchen.com > Website .............. http://www.binarykitchen.com > >