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Matthew Sacks

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Jul 25, 2010, 1:47:42 PM7/25/10
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Hi List,
My specific interest is better understanding how the rendering engine
presents assets to the viewer as they are downloaded.

I was not able to derive this relationship by reading the
Gecko_DOM_Reference and Necko_Architecture documents independently.

Any thoughts in documentation or comment form are welcomed and much appreciated.

Thanks.

Asa Dotzler

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Jul 25, 2010, 3:21:45 PM7/25/10
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en/The_life_of_an_HTML_HTTP_request
probably isn't 100% accurate, but it might be helpful.

- A

Matthew Sacks

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Jul 25, 2010, 5:48:02 PM7/25/10
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This is awesome.
Thank you.

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Boris Zbarsky

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Jul 26, 2010, 11:48:43 PM7/26/10
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On 7/25/10 5:48 PM, Matthew Sacks wrote:
> This is awesome.
> Thank you.

Note that the page Asa linked to is out of data in lots of details, but
the broad outline is still correct... for now.

We should really update it. I wonder whether the original source is
available or whether we just have to recreate the whole thing.

-Boris

Nickolay Ponomarev

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Jul 27, 2010, 3:55:43 PM7/27/10
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzba...@mit.edu> wrote:

> We should really update it. I wonder whether the original source is
> available or whether we just have to recreate the whole thing.


There's a dia attachment at the bottom, but I couldn't check if the modern
dia version handles it.

Nickolay

Boris Zbarsky

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Jul 27, 2010, 4:21:38 PM7/27/10
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Except this group strips out attachments. :(

-Boris

Nickolay Ponomarev

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Jul 27, 2010, 4:29:15 PM7/27/10
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzba...@mit.edu> wrote:

> On 7/27/10 3:55 PM, Nickolay Ponomarev wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Boris Zbarsky<bzba...@mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> We should really update it. I wonder whether the original source is
>>> available or whether we just have to recreate the whole thing.
>>>
>>
>>
>> There's a dia attachment at the bottom,
>>
>

...of the MDC page, I meant -
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/The_life_of_an_HTML_HTTP_request

https://developer.mozilla.org/@api/deki/files/2893/=url_load.dia

Nickolay

Matthew Sacks

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Jul 27, 2010, 4:38:09 PM7/27/10
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Thanks all for this. To Boris' point, this document is out of date.
There are a number of concerns it doesn't map out clearly. I am
willing to update the documentation if someone is willing to answer my
additional questions about the represented state diagram.

Any takers?

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Nickolay Ponomarev <asqu...@gmail.com> wrote:


> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzba...@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 7/27/10 3:55 PM, Nickolay Ponomarev wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Boris Zbarsky<bzba...@mit.edu>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  We should really update it.  I wonder whether the original source is
>>>> available or whether we just have to recreate the whole thing.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There's a dia attachment at the bottom,
>>>
>>

Kevin Brosnan

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Jul 27, 2010, 4:39:00 PM7/27/10
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Was able to open the file with dia 0.97. Couple error messages "Error?
trying to connect a non connectable handle. 'UML - Association' ->
'UML - Class' Check this out..." and Property cast from int to enum
out of range.

Kevin

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 16:29, Nickolay Ponomarev <asqu...@gmail.com> wrote:


> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzba...@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 7/27/10 3:55 PM, Nickolay Ponomarev wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Boris Zbarsky<bzba...@mit.edu>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  We should really update it.  I wonder whether the original source is
>>>> available or whether we just have to recreate the whole thing.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There's a dia attachment at the bottom,
>>>
>>

Boris Zbarsky

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Jul 27, 2010, 5:20:27 PM7/27/10
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On 7/27/10 4:38 PM, Matthew Sacks wrote:
> I am willing to update the documentation if someone is willing to answer my
> additional questions about the represented state diagram.

I'm happy to do that. This newsgroup is probably the wrong venue for
that, though. Just mail me?

-Boris

Matthew Sacks

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Jul 27, 2010, 5:28:15 PM7/27/10
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Agreed.

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