[Bug 22018] Consider adding getCompositionAlternatives() in InputMethodContext

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22018

--- Comment #6 from Travis Leithead [MSFT] <travil@microsoft.com> ---
Just a quick followup--we have shipped (in IE11 Preview) a version of our
proposed IME spec, including the getCompositionAlternatives() API. It passed
our internal privacy review. However, we understand that for standardization,
it may have a higher bar on privacy.

There are a number of mitigations that could be applied to strengthen the
privacy aspect of this API such as:
* limiting the number of linguistically equivalent alternatives (to say 20?)
* generating the list of alternatives any way the UA seems fit such as from
standard dictionaries, IME-generated candidates, etc., but with the suggestion
that user dictionaries are excluded.
* alternatives can be presented in random order

Thanks.

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Received on Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:06:46 UTC