- From: Lars Erik Bolstad <lbolstad@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:06:17 +0200
- To: James Graham <jgraham@opera.com>
- CC: Matt Kelly <mk@fb.com>, Tobie Langel <tobie@fb.com>, Thaddee Tyl <thaddee.tyl@gmail.com>, Wonsuk Lee <wonsuk11.lee@samsung.com>, "public-coremob@w3.org" <public-coremob@w3.org>, Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>
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
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