Re: [w3ctag/design-reviews] Files and Directory Entries API with webkit prefixes! (#215)

Yep, that's me. Thanks for raising this!

As noted in the explainer, the spec attempts to document what's already been implemented and shipping, to help the implementations converge on compatibility with the old, crufty, prefixed Chrome implementation. This seems to have worked -  the latest Safari TP added support following the spec guidance and passed nearly all of the tests (which hadn't been upstreamed to WPT at the time). 

The four main engines (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari) are now shipping (or on track to ship) with prefixes, for compatibility with Chrome. Adding non-prefixed aliases sounds good to me; I don't know how amenable other implementers will be. (The expression "lipstick on a pig" may be relevant.) Influential feedback from TAG may help.


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