On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com> wrote: > 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. Well then if the change is really radical, nothing prevent him to use "-webkit2-" or the like XmlizerReceived on Friday, 15 May 2009 07:01:48 GMT
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