Re: Request for Inter-Group Coordination at TPAC

Hi Janina,

we'd be happy to set aside some time to meet with you. Tuesday afternoon is already booked for a joint meeting with the SVG WG, but let me know any other time that works for you.

Peter

On Oct 31, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues:
> 
> The Independent User Interface Working Group (IndieUI) requests approximately
> 30 minutes of time to meet with CSS and Web Apps (jointly or separately) at
> TPAC to acquaint your working groups with a new technical approach in IndieUI
> specifications.
> 
> The IndieUI User Context specification is moving away from a reliance on a new
> accessor method for key/value pairs, and toward an extensive reliance on Media
> Queries (new media features, and matchMedia) as the more appropriate approach
> for specifying the features we need. To address privacy and fingerprinting
> concerns, we will also be proposing a new way for user agents to restrict
> access to certain groups of media features based on user preference. For
> example, if a site referenced a media feature related to video captions (via
> matchMedia or @media), the user agent may prompt the user to allow access for
> the domain. We expect that significant portions of our emerging User Context
> specification will overlap with work coordinated by the CSS or Web Apps Working
> Groups.
> 
> Therefore, we are requesting time with your group at TPAC to acquaint you with
> our approach and to develop an understanding of how best we can move forward.
> If possible, we would prefer a morning meeting time in order to more
> conveniently teleconference our specification editor from North America.
> 
> Thank you for your consideration.
> 
> Janina Sajka, IndieUI Chair
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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Received on Friday, 1 November 2013 21:58:06 UTC