- From: Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 10:31:25 +0200
- To: Marat Tanalin <mtanalin@yandex.ru>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
> On Jul 29, 2017, at 20:18, Marat Tanalin <mtanalin@yandex.ru> wrote: > > It probably makes sense to change the existing names for the fast (JS, currently “static”) and slow (CSS, currently “dynamic”) selector profiles. > > For example, using the “dynamic” term for something CSS-related is confusing given that dynamics is usually related to JS, while “static” in webdev is usually about something where JS is not involved: e.g. “static page” as opposed to a page where JS is used to add some dynamics. > > So something like “One-shot” or “One-time” (for the JS-oriented profile) and “Iterative” or “Recursive” (for the CSS-oriented profile) would probably be more intuitive names for selector performance profiles. While many here understand why the profiles are name the way they are, I agree this is non intuitive and confusing for people who are new to the topic, and that a renaming could be useful. —Florian
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