Re: Ringmark is now open source

On 05.04.2012 09:59, James Graham wrote:
> On Thu 05 Apr 2012 02:05:08 AM CEST, Matt Kelly wrote:
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marcos Caceres [mailto:w3c@marcosc.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:55 PM
>> To: Matt Kelly
>> Cc: Tobie Langel; Thaddee Tyl; Wonsuk Lee; public-coremob@w3.org
>> Subject: Re: Ringmark is now open source
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, 5 April 2012 at 00:09, Matt Kelly wrote:
>>
>>>> The point of Ringmark is to enable developers to build modern web
>>>> apps for smartphones (primarily touch devices). Opera has a browser
>>>> on smartphones, but it doesn't have significant market share.
>>
>>> What's the marketshare cut off?
>>>> Opera mini, which does have a large amount of market share, is
>>>> targeted at feature phones.
>>
>>> Do you mean those phones that about 70% of the world uses and will
>>> continue to use for a while yet? :)
>>
>>> But seriously, I think we need to take a balanced view here.
>>
>> Ring 0 is focused on giving developers an accurate view of what
>> functionality is available for building modern web apps on
>> smartphones. In that context, iOS Safari and the Android browser have
>> nearly all of the market share.
>
> Who has decided on this focus on specific browsers? I don't recall any
> discussion here about it, and consider it to be deeply problematic. I
> don't think the W3C should be in the business of blessing specific
> implementations.
>

I would also like to have this clarified.
If this CG wants to have active participation from browser vendors 
clearly the above justification (redefinition?) of what Ring 0 should 
include is problematic.

Best regards,
Lars Erik Bolstad
VP Core Technology
Opera Software

Received on Wednesday, 11 April 2012 09:06:59 UTC