[OpenLayers-Trac] Re: [OpenLayers] #2933: OpenLayers runs HTML5-incompatible script loading code if the UA string doesn't contain "Safari" or "MSIE"

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#2933: OpenLayers runs HTML5-incompatible script loading code if the UA string
doesn't contain "Safari" or "MSIE"
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 Reporter:  hsivonen  |       Owner:              
     Type:  bug       |      Status:  new         
 Priority:  critical  |   Milestone:  2.11 Release
Component:  general   |     Version:  2.10        
 Keywords:            |       State:  Review      
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Comment(by hsivonen):

 In WebKit, you are already using document.write and script aren't loading
 in parallel, so there'd be no load time increase compared to the status
 quo.

 In Firefox trunk right now, using document.write would increase load time
 compared to your current setup in Firefox 3.6. However, document.written
 scripts will load in parallel once
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543062 is fixed.

 Contrary to what I wrote in http://hsivonen.iki.fi/script-execution/ , the
 current plan (but not promise) is to make document.written scripts load in
 parallel in Firefox 4. (This retargeting to Firefox 4 is a new development
 after I filed this OpenLayers bug. The motivation of the retargeting to
 Firefox 4 is to make it possible for OpenLayers to move to cross-browser-
 compatible code without losing parallel loads in Firefox.)

 Your patch looks good to me.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/2933#comment:5>
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