Bug 8659

Summary: Safari requests all embedded Flash movies unless cached
Product: WebKit Reporter: Mark Wubben <bugs+webkit>
Component: Page LoadingAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED CONFIGURATION CHANGED    
Severity: Normal CC: ap, bfulgham, ian, mrowe
Priority: P2    
Version: 417.x   
Hardware: Mac   
OS: OS X 10.4   
URL: http://novemberborn.net/flash/prefetching-movies
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Mark Wubben
Reported 2006-04-29 10:50:40 PDT
Safari sends out requests for all embedded Flash movies, even if they share the same source. Once a movie is cached this no longer occurs. Access log entry: # Safari 417.9.2 “GET flash-caching/no-caching.html HTTP/1.1” 200 511 “GET flash-caching/test.swf HTTP/1.1” 200 8249 “GET flash-caching/test.swf HTTP/1.1” 200 8249 “GET flash-caching/test.swf HTTP/1.1” 200 8249 “GET flash-caching/test.swf HTTP/1.1” 200 8249 “GET flash-caching/test.swf HTTP/1.1” 200 8249 Workaround: request only one movie and request the other movies after page load (they will be loaded from cache). Resulting access log: Safari 417.9.2 Prefetching “GET flash-caching/caching-safari.html HTTP/1.1” 200 1014 “GET flash-caching/test.swf HTTP/1.1” 200 8249 I confirmed this in r14124.
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2006-04-29 10:52 PDT, Mark Wubben 		no flags
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Mark Wubben
Comment 1 2006-04-29 10:52:23 PDT
Created attachment 8033 [details] Testcases Contains the testcases which are also available at <http://tests.novemberborn.net/browsers/flash-caching/>.
Mark Rowe (bdash)
Comment 2 2006-07-06 05:33:50 PDT
Confirmed with WebKit 418.8 and r15138.
Brent Fulgham
Comment 3 2022-07-06 13:49:09 PDT
Flash videos are no longer supported in WebKit.
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