Re: Microsoft has now joined the HTML Working Group

Hi, Chris-

Chris Wilson wrote:
> 
>> 2) Would Microsoft consider including <canvas> in "IE Next" if Apple
>> agrees to license any associated IP, royalty-free, under W3C patent
>> rules?
> 
> I explicitly cannot comment on features that will go in to the next
 > version of IE, as a matter of policy.  I think Apple needs to agree
 > that canvas should be pursued in the HTML WG, and then we can have
 > the discussion as a WG.  I'm not against canvas as a matter of
 > policy or anything.

Surely this would be handled under the W3C Graphics Activity [1], not 
the HTML Activity?  I think it's a useful technology, and I'd like to 
see Apple submit it.  But it might be out of scope for the HTML WG.

There are some good opportunities for synergy with SVG as regards 
raster- and pixel-based interfaces.

[1] http://www.w3.org/Graphics/Activity.html


Regards-
-Doug

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Received on Thursday, 5 April 2007 22:40:13 UTC