The ping Attribute Finally, let’s look at the new ping attribute. This attribute takes a space-separated list of URL’s that are to be pinged should the user successfully navigate to the href of the hyperlink.
Or, to put it another way, it provides native support for click and link tracking: Blasters Light sabres (choice of colours) However, there’s a word of warning: The ping attribute is redundant with pre-existing technologies like HTTP redirects and JavaScript in allowing Web pages to track which off-site links are most popular or allowing advertisers to track click-through rates. So, if the ping attribute is redundant with pre-existing technologies, what’s the point of it? Well, the idea is that it gives users greater transparency in seeing what other requests may be made as a result of them clicking on a certain link. It’s this greater transparency that is why authors are being encouraged to use this attribute. It’s been suggested that browsers should allow users to configure how ping notifications are handled e.g.
By blocking some URL’s, only allow same origin URL’s, or disabling ping altogether. Browsers could also display the ping URL alongside the link location in the browser’s status bar. Browser Support for the ping Attribute Current browser support for ping is mixed. Tal U No Lx V2 Serial Number there. Safari and Chrome, Firefox has support for it but by default it is disabled, and IE and Opera do not support it. It’s also worth noting that the ping attribute is not in the current W3C HTML5 draft spec, but it is in the WHATWG HTML5 spec. Summary So that’s 3 new attributes that were added to the element in HTML5 — download, media, and ping.
As you can see, when these gain better browser support, they will be quite useful and have lots of potential use cases. If you can think of any unique ways these can be used, we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
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