- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:45:27 -0700
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: Brad Fults <bfults@gmail.com>, "Web APIs WG (public)" <public-webapi@w3.org>
On Apr 23, 2006, at 12:34 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > > * Brad Fults wrote: >> That said, I see this not as a case in need of additional >> optimization, but a case requiring the removal of >> specification-mandated bloat that is by no means temporary. > > The case you've presented makes a number of assumptions, Forgetting about Brad's assumptions: None of the existing vendor extensions to XMLHttpRequest follow the vendor prefix naming convention. So far as I know, every major implementation has at least one extension relative to the current proposed spec. Therefore, requiring a vendor prefix would put all existing implementations out of compliance. And there would be no foreseeable path to compliance since it is unlikely vendors would rename existing extensions, especially ones shared between multiple vendors. This seems like a show stopper for applying the vendor prefix convention to everything. Regards, Maciej
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