Re: Implementing the web timing spec

On 2/12/10 3:07 PM, Christian Biesinger wrote:
> +zhiheng
>
> Smaug wrote:
>> On 2/11/10 8:28 PM, Christian Biesinger wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> there's a specification for exposing detailed timing information of web
>>> page elements via the DOM:
>>> http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebTiming/
>>>
>>> Some people here would like to implement it in Firefox. The reason for
>>> exposing it via the DOM is to gather actual concrete end-user timings;
>>> other approaches don't allow that (also not all of this timing data is
>>> currently available to extensions).
>>>
>>> The idea is to change the spec a bit to limit the number of elements on
>>> which this data is exposed, probably to drop the Ticks interface, etc.
>> So quite a few changes are needed, as I expected.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Would people agree this is useful, and in particular, would the DOM
>>> peers be willing to accept patches to implement this spec?
>>
>> Timing is useful sure, but *I* am not sure that the *draft* spec is
>> even close to something which should be implemented.
>>
>> But sure, IMO, patches should be accepted if and when the specification
>> is stable and reasonable enough.
>
> Sure, the spec is being improved. If you have concrete feedback, I'm
> sure Zhiheng would love to hear it :)

Some feedback was sent to w3c webapps list already.
And that is the place where the changes to the draft should be discussed.

-Olli




> We also don't have to implement
> the spec completely from the start, we can implement the more reasonable
> parts first.
>
> -christian
>
>>> Chromium is implementing this spec as well
>>> (https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2009-October/010382.html).
>>> For
>>> a bit of discussion on the spec, see the thread at
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07393.html
>>>
>>> -christian
>>