- From: Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 08:56:53 +0200
- To: robert@ocallahan.org
- Cc: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>, www-style@w3.org
Robert O'Callahan wrote: > But browser vendors also say they use prefixes to allow evolution > of the prefixed property w/o long-term impact on the non-prefixed > property. I have the gut feeling this is a bad excuse. If > -webkit-transition-delay has to change a bit because of standardization, > browsers implementing the new version will still choke on stylesheets > conformant to the old one. > > > Not at all. Webkit can keep implementing the old behaviour of > -webkit-transition-delay and implement the standard behaviour for the > unprefixed property. Well. If the "standard behaviour" remains unpolished for months, or even years in case of very complex properties, a browser vendor will most certainly work on the prefixed property, not the unprefixed one, until the spec stabilizes. </Daniel>
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