- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:45:56 +1100
- To: "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs@apple.com>, "Boris Zbarsky" <bzbarsky@mit.edu>
- Cc: public-webapi@w3.org
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:37:15 +1100, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > On Mar 6, 2007, at 1:21 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote: >> That is would an implementation which dispatches the upload events >> both as "progress" events on xhr.upload and "uploadprogress" events >> on xhr be conformant to the specification. If so, that would allow >> existing code to continue working while allowing spec-compliant >> code to also work. >> >> I realize that there is an issue with providing non-standard ways >> to do what the standard allows in that authors might use code that >> works in one UA but not others. So I'm not even sure doing the >> above would be a good idea. But would it be allowed per the standard? > > I don't think any standard forbids dispatching additional events, > though you are correct that doing so creates interoperability risks. Agreed. There is nothing in the spec that says either way about events it doesn't actually define. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile, Opera Software: Standards Group hablo español - je parle français - jeg lærer norsk chaals@opera.com Try Opera 9.1 http://opera.com
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