Re: [w3c/manifest] Add a 'masking' purpose, for allowing the UA to supercompose such icons (#657)

kenchris commented on this pull request.



> +        For this reason, icons can be declared with different sizes and for
+        different purposes. A user agent can then use these metadata to decide
+        which icon to use in different situations. For instance, a user agent
+        might prefer showing icons with the <a>badge</a> purpose on top of
+        notifications, as <a>badge</a> indicates an icon that can be placed on
+        top of other content, in size constrained situations.
+      </p>
+      <section>
+        <h2>
+          Icon masks and safe zone
+        </h2>
+        <p>
+          Some platforms have their own preferred icon shape, but as web
+          applications should work across multiple platforms, it is possible to
+          indicate that an icon may be supercomposed with a mask, by adding the
+          <a>masking</a> purpose. This allows the platform to ensure that the

@mgiuca you suggested "maskable" - do you prefer that to "masking"?

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