Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #1723, comment 6


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11/02/19 16:28:41 (4 years ago)
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  • Ticket #1723, comment 6

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    33While this behavior may be consistent with the LETTER of its specification, it is completely inconsistent with its SPIRIT.
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    5 The CORE IDEA of background updating is AVOID WAITING UNTIL COMPLICATED CONTENT IS RENDERED. With this brain-dead behavior THE WAITING IS EFFECTIVELY STILL THERE. It may not be a wait for the response to THE request that is backed by a background-updating cache, but if ACTUALLY DISPLAYING that response requires loading additional assets that are specified IN the response, then responses to requests for THOSE assets WILL be delayed by the background update process. The result for end users in those TYPICAL scenarios is EFFECTIVELY THE SAME as if the feature were absent or not enabled, and in a TYPICAL webpage scenario where the page MUST load its CSS or JS before it can be shown, this feature FAILS TO PROVIDE ANY BENEFITS DUE TO THIS BUG. It is definitely a defect, and should be fixed. If it is consistent with some design, then the design ITSELF is defective and should be changed.
     5The CORE IDEA of background updating is AVOID WAITING UNTIL COMPLICATED CONTENT IS RENDERED. With this brain-dead behavior THE WAITING IS EFFECTIVELY STILL THERE. It may not be a wait for the response to THE request that is backed by a background-updating cache, but if ACTUALLY DISPLAYING that response requires loading additional assets that are specified IN the response, then responses to requests for THOSE assets WILL be delayed by the background update process. The result for end users in those TYPICAL scenarios is EFFECTIVELY THE SAME as if the feature were absent or not enabled, and in a TYPICAL webpage scenario where the page MUST load its CSS or JS before it can be shown, this feature FAILS TO PROVIDE ANY BENEFITS DUE TO THIS BUG. It is definitely a defect, and should be fixed. If it is consistent with some design, then the design itself is defective and should be changed.