5 ms·

no. however it already clicks things.

Touche 12y ago
But how does it know when to take the snapshot? A clicked link can do all sorts of asynchronous things and Google is unaware when the new rendering is "finished".
- kclay 12y ago
  Giving that chrome can debug ajax request with full call stack ,I wouldn't think it would be to hard to adapt to know these things.
- ryanpetrich 12y ago
  When there are no outstanding HTTP requests, DOM events, CSS transitions or setTimeouts the page can be assumed to be rendered. Not all pages will enter this state, so some heuristics are likely used.
  - Touche 12y ago
    What you are describing is not possible with, for example, Phantom. HTTP request observation is, but AFAIK the others are not. I know it's likely that Google has something far more advanced / customized, but just wanted to point this out for anyone thinking about doing this themselves; it's a really hard problem to solve.
- Theodores 12y ago
  "Snapshot" also implies that Google search results are likely to get a lot more visual. The tone of the article made me feel that. Does a 'snapshot' imply imagery in U.S. English?
  - ForHackernews 12y ago
    > Does a 'snapshot' imply imagery in U.S. English? Not necessarily. For instance, I would talk about a "database snapshot", meaning a "backup of a database at a particular moment in time". Obviously the word "snapshot" originates from photography, but to me, the connotation is much more "capture an exact copy at a moment" than "make an image".
    - stan_rogers 12y ago
      (Unnecessary pedantry ahead.) Actually, it originates in hunting (fowling) and meant an opportunity shot taken without time to set up or consciously aim, relying on reaction time and trained instinct. In photography, it was a pejorative term applied to amateur photographs taken with essentially the same amount of thought and planning by people who owned those new Kodak gizmos that Mr. Eastman made, and it's pretty much retained that meaning.
      - ForHackernews 12y ago
        Interesting: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=snapshot http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=snapshot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv7atRAoU9s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv7atRAoU9s

But how does it know when to take the snapshot? A clicked link can do all sorts of asynchronous things and Google is unaware when the new rendering is "finished".

kclay 12y ago
Giving that chrome can debug ajax request with full call stack ,I wouldn't think it would be to hard to adapt to know these things.
ryanpetrich 12y ago
When there are no outstanding HTTP requests, DOM events, CSS transitions or setTimeouts the page can be assumed to be rendered. Not all pages will enter this state, so some heuristics are likely used.
- Touche 12y ago
  What you are describing is not possible with, for example, Phantom. HTTP request observation is, but AFAIK the others are not. I know it's likely that Google has something far more advanced / customized, but just wanted to point this out for anyone thinking about doing this themselves; it's a really hard problem to solve.
Theodores 12y ago
"Snapshot" also implies that Google search results are likely to get a lot more visual. The tone of the article made me feel that. Does a 'snapshot' imply imagery in U.S. English?
- ForHackernews 12y ago
  > Does a 'snapshot' imply imagery in U.S. English? Not necessarily. For instance, I would talk about a "database snapshot", meaning a "backup of a database at a particular moment in time". Obviously the word "snapshot" originates from photography, but to me, the connotation is much more "capture an exact copy at a moment" than "make an image".
  - stan_rogers 12y ago
    (Unnecessary pedantry ahead.) Actually, it originates in hunting (fowling) and meant an opportunity shot taken without time to set up or consciously aim, relying on reaction time and trained instinct. In photography, it was a pejorative term applied to amateur photographs taken with essentially the same amount of thought and planning by people who owned those new Kodak gizmos that Mr. Eastman made, and it's pretty much retained that meaning.
    - ForHackernews 12y ago
      Interesting: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=snapshot http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=snapshot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv7atRAoU9s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv7atRAoU9s