- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:07:02 +0100
- To: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- CC: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>, Karl Dubost <karl+w3c@la-grange.net>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Aryeh Gregor wrote: > Of course not. I'm one volunteer developer, and what I say is only my > own opinion. However, further questions about MediaWiki development > should go to wikitech-l or to me privately, and I won't answer them > here -- I doubt most of the subscribers to this list are interested. Actually, as far as deploying HTML5 features is the top, I'm *very* interested. We need that perspective, and we don't get enough of that. > ... > Better to have basic video out there now so we can start chipping away > at Flash video's market share ASAP, than to put it off an extra year > to make sure it's better. Same for localStorage, same for all the > major new features that are essential for doing key things in a > standard way. A mediocre standard is better than no standard, because > with no standard you're giving a lot more room for proprietary > technologies to grow. > ... I disagree with that. In many cases, no standard at all is better than a mediocre standard. The mediocre standard might prevent a better standard to be defined and deployed later on. > ... Best regards, Julian
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