- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:41:37 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Chris Wilson <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>
- Cc: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Chris Wilson wrote: > Anne van Kesteren wrote: > >Regarding <canvas>. <canvas> is mostly done. There are three > >implementations in browsers that are becoming more interoperable each > >release. > > That's not "done" in the context of designing a RAND-Z licensed > specification with input from more than just three browser vendors - > from designers and web app developers, e.g., let alone IE. Microsoft is pretty much the only group who _didn't_ send feedback on <canvas> (and they were invited to; it was Microsoft's choice not to comment, albeit one informed by legal concerns). Certainly designers and Web app developers have had a _lot_ of input on <canvas>. All the major (known and likely patent-holding) players involved in <canvas>'s development are here in the HTML working group, so from a licensed specification point of view the easiest thing is to publish it through this group. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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