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16:55:42 <trackbot> Zakim, this will be WPWG
16:55:43 <trackbot> Meeting: Web Performance Working Group Teleconference
16:55:43 <trackbot> Date: 20 March 2013
16:55:44 <Zakim> I do not see a conference matching that name scheduled within the next hour, trackbot
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17:01:02 <plh> zakim, this is per
17:01:04 <Zakim> ok, plh; that matches RWC_web-per()1:00PM
17:01:11 <Zakim> +Plh
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17:01:44 <Zakim> + +1.720.746.aabb
17:01:48 <JatinderMann> present+ JatinderMann, plh, simonjam
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17:02:08 <JatinderMann> present+ RobDickenson, DanielAustin
17:02:17 <JatinderMann> present+ Alois
17:03:04 <plh> zakim, aabb is Rob
17:03:04 <Zakim> +Rob; got it
17:03:09 <plh> zakim, aaaa is Daniel
17:03:09 <Zakim> +Daniel; got it
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17:04:09 <Zakim> + +1.650.701.aacc
17:04:31 <Zakim> + +43.732.908.2aadd
17:04:37 <plh> zakim, aacc is James
17:04:37 <Zakim> +James; got it
17:04:51 <plh> zakim, James is really Arvind
17:04:51 <Zakim> +Arvind; got it
17:05:06 <simonjam_> i keep getting "this passcode is not valid"
17:05:09 <simonjam_> did it change?
17:05:10 <Zakim> -Arvind
17:05:13 <plh> zakim, passcode?
17:05:13 <Zakim> the conference code is 97373 (tel:+1.617.761.6200 sip:zakim@voip.w3.org), plh
17:05:26 <simonjam_> that's what i'm trying :(
17:05:46 <Zakim> + +1.408.203.aaee
17:05:54 <plh> type 0 and one of our folks should be able to help
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17:06:11 <JatinderMann> present+ Ganesh
17:06:35 <Zakim> +[GVoice]
17:06:40 <Zakim> + +1.503.264.aaff
17:07:00 <JatinderMann> present+ Ritika
17:07:12 <JatinderMann> Topic: Prerender
17:07:49 <ganesh> zakim, aaff is ganesh
17:07:49 <Zakim> +ganesh; got it
17:09:33 <JatinderMann> Jatinder: Things that I believe we should standardize in the Prerender spec are the tag definitions (e.g., Link rel="prerender" and Link rel="prefetch"), Page Visibility impact (e.g., document.visibilitystate must equal "prerender" at the time the page prerenders), and also consider adding a HTTP request header to identify prerender requests.
17:13:19 <JatinderMann> Arvind: About the HTTP header, we came up with page visibility as the primary means for the page owner to understand how to behave when the page is prerendered.
17:14:09 <JatinderMann> Jatinder: I agree on the concept of page owners using Page Visibility as the script means. What about the page load impact on servers? With a http header, the server could decide to throw away the request.
17:15:14 <JatinderMann> Arvind: We saw with prefetch that some sites didn't like the prefetch. For examples, some sites were sending 200 response code but were sending a broken page.
17:15:59 <JatinderMann> Ritika: We can always send a 404 response code to indicate that the site is broken to indicate to the man in the middle that the prerender isn't happening.
17:17:15 <JatinderMann> Arvind: Yes, we considered that, but 404 is still a valid code for page not existing. We thought of instead of creating a new prerender http response code, but at the end of the day we thought Page Visibility is the best way to solve this problem. We can talk about it some more.
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17:18:41 <JatinderMann> Arvind: On the topic of discarding the page, there is value in discarding the page after some time as the page may be out of date. For example, the browser prerenders but the user doesn't click on the link for two hours.
17:22:28 <JatinderMann> Jatinder: Navigation Timing should have information on when the user switched to the prerendered page. Getting the delta of loadEventEnd and prerenderSwitch will give the perceived page load time (delta == loadEventEnd is normal page load, delta < loadEventEnd is perceived faster page load, delta >= loadEventEnd is instant page load).
17:24:51 <JatinderMann> Jatinder: We may also want to include information in Resource Timing for the page that initiated the prerender or prefetch. For example, any resource that was prefetch should be included in the Resource Timing with an initiator of "link:prefetch". Any page that was prerendered could be included as an entry similar to a subdocument with initiator type "link:prerender".
17:29:43 <Zakim> -Rob
17:35:47 <Zakim> - +1.408.203.aaee
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17:36:13 <JatinderMann> Arvind: I'm not sure we should add this kind of information to the Timing API, because it's somewhat tangantial.
17:36:24 <Zakim> + +1.408.203.aagg
17:36:37 <plh3> zakim, aagg is Arvind
17:36:37 <Zakim> +Arvind; got it
17:36:50 <plh3> zakim, drop aaee
17:36:50 <Zakim> sorry, plh3, I do not see a party named 'aaee'
17:39:13 <JatinderMann> Jatinder: What about the case where the page is adding the link rel="prerender" dynamically after the page itself has loaded, so it doesn't impact the current page's performance. It might be useful for that page to know when the prerender occurs, especially if the browser delays the prerender.
17:39:55 <JatinderMann> Arvind: If the page is prerendering immediately, then there is no problem. If the prerender is delayed, we can consider adding a handler or a event that calls a callback to notify the page owner when the prerender occurs.
17:41:02 <JatinderMann> Ganesh: Are there statistics for link taken or not taken once it's prerendered?
17:42:36 <JatinderMann> Arvind: I know Google tracks some stats but not sure if they are published. For applications like search, people do click on it often. In other applications, it may not be as much. E.g., new stories that spans multiple pages the hit rate would be high.
17:43:04 <JatinderMann> Ganesh: I wonder if want to include in the spec if the click or not click count was given to the developer.
17:45:43 <JatinderMann> Jatinder: You can use the onclick event on the link.
17:47:27 <JatinderMann> Arvind: We can definitely include information on the benefits of prerender.
17:50:37 <Zakim> -ganesh
17:50:39 <Zakim> -Arvind
17:50:40 <Zakim> -Daniel
17:50:40 <Zakim> -[GVoice]
17:50:41 <Zakim> -[Microsoft]
17:50:41 <Zakim> -Plh
17:50:43 <Zakim> - +43.732.908.2aadd
17:50:44 <Zakim> RWC_web-per()1:00PM has ended
17:50:44 <Zakim> Attendees were +1.626.379.aaaa, [Microsoft], Plh, +1.720.746.aabb, Rob, Daniel, +1.650.701.aacc, +43.732.908.2aadd, Arvind, +1.408.203.aaee, [GVoice], +1.503.264.aaff, ganesh,
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19:48:09 <plh> rrsagent, generate minutes
19:48:09 <RRSAgent> I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2013/03/20-webperf-minutes.html plh
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