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…e load event. Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8074 git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@4362 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Oct 27, 2009 · be5cb25 · be5cb25
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@@ -10867,8 +10867,8 @@ <h4 id=the-link-element><span class=secno>4.2.4 </span>The <dfn><code>link</code
   the resource</dfn>, the user agent must <a href=#resolve-a-url title="resolve a
   url">resolve</a> the <a href=#url>URL</a> given by the <code title=attr-link-href><a href=#attr-link-href>href</a></code> attribute, relative to the
   element, and then <a href=#fetch>fetch</a> the resulting <a href=#absolute-url>absolute
-  URL</a>. User agents may opt to only <a href=#fetch>fetch</a> such
-  resources when they are needed, instead of pro-actively <a href=#fetch title=fetch>fetching</a> all the external resources that are
+  URL</a>. User agents may opt to only try to obtain such resources
+  when they are needed, instead of pro-actively <a href=#fetch title=fetch>fetching</a> all the external resources that are
   not applied.</span></p> <!-- http-origin privacy sensitive -->
 
   <div class=impl>
@@ -10897,7 +10897,10 @@ <h4 id=the-link-element><span class=secno>4.2.4 </span>The <dfn><code>link</code
 
   <p>The element must <a href=#delay-the-load-event>delay the load event</a> of the
   element's document until all the attempts to obtain the resource and
-  its critical subresources are complete.</p>
+  its critical subresources are complete. (Resources that the user
+  agent has not yet attempted to obtain, e.g. because it is waiting
+  for the resource to be needed, do not <a href=#delay-the-load-event>delay the load
+  event</a>.)</p>
 
   <p>Which resources are considered critical or not is defined by the
   relevant specification. For CSS resources, only <code title="">@import</code> rules introduce critical subresources; other

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -10685,8 +10685,8 @@ gave me some of the songs they wrote. I love sharing my music.&lt;/p&gt;
   the resource</dfn>, the user agent must <a href=#resolve-a-url title="resolve a
   url">resolve</a> the <a href=#url>URL</a> given by the <code title=attr-link-href><a href=#attr-link-href>href</a></code> attribute, relative to the
   element, and then <a href=#fetch>fetch</a> the resulting <a href=#absolute-url>absolute
-  URL</a>. User agents may opt to only <a href=#fetch>fetch</a> such
-  resources when they are needed, instead of pro-actively <a href=#fetch title=fetch>fetching</a> all the external resources that are
+  URL</a>. User agents may opt to only try to obtain such resources
+  when they are needed, instead of pro-actively <a href=#fetch title=fetch>fetching</a> all the external resources that are
   not applied.</span></p> <!-- http-origin privacy sensitive -->
 
   <div class=impl>
@@ -10715,7 +10715,10 @@ gave me some of the songs they wrote. I love sharing my music.&lt;/p&gt;
 
   <p>The element must <a href=#delay-the-load-event>delay the load event</a> of the
   element's document until all the attempts to obtain the resource and
-  its critical subresources are complete.</p>
+  its critical subresources are complete. (Resources that the user
+  agent has not yet attempted to obtain, e.g. because it is waiting
+  for the resource to be needed, do not <a href=#delay-the-load-event>delay the load
+  event</a>.)</p>
 
   <p>Which resources are considered critical or not is defined by the
   relevant specification. For CSS resources, only <code title="">@import</code> rules introduce critical subresources; other

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -11191,8 +11191,8 @@ gave me some of the songs they wrote. I love sharing my music.&lt;/p>
   url">resolve</span> the <span>URL</span> given by the <code
   title="attr-link-href">href</code> attribute, relative to the
   element, and then <span>fetch</span> the resulting <span>absolute
-  URL</span>. User agents may opt to only <span>fetch</span> such
-  resources when they are needed, instead of pro-actively <span
+  URL</span>. User agents may opt to only try to obtain such resources
+  when they are needed, instead of pro-actively <span
   title="fetch">fetching</span> all the external resources that are
   not applied.</span></p> <!-- http-origin privacy sensitive -->
 
@@ -11224,7 +11224,10 @@ gave me some of the songs they wrote. I love sharing my music.&lt;/p>
 
   <p>The element must <span>delay the load event</span> of the
   element's document until all the attempts to obtain the resource and
-  its critical subresources are complete.</p>
+  its critical subresources are complete. (Resources that the user
+  agent has not yet attempted to obtain, e.g. because it is waiting
+  for the resource to be needed, do not <span>delay the load
+  event</span>.)</p>
 
   <p>Which resources are considered critical or not is defined by the
   relevant specification. For CSS resources, only <code