Re: [File System APIs] If one is good, then two must be better?

On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:09:53 +0400, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>  
wrote:

> On 1/31/14 10:44 AM, ext Ian Clelland wrote:
>> Hi Art,
>>
>> For what it's worth, theFile API: Directories and System is also  
>> implemented (and supported) by Apache Cordova[1]. The implementation is  
>> essentially complete for mobile applications on Android, iOS and  
>> FireOS, with nearly-complete support on Blackberry and Windows Phone.
>>
>> While our plugin registry was counting downloads, it was the  
>> most-downloaded plugin for the platform by a wide margin, so I believe  
>> it is being used actively.
>
> Thanks for this information Ian!
>
>> I don't know if Cordova should count as a browser implementation for  
>> the purposes of this WG, but we are implementing the APIs and making  
>> them available to (hybrid) web application developers.
>
> The group has some flexibility regarding the specifics of the  
> interoperability criteria used to advance a spec along the  
> Recommendation track, but we haven't talked about the criteria for these  
> specs since they are still working drafts.

And the particular question here isn't about CR criteria, but about  
whether one or other approach is more likely to achieve the consensus of  
interoperable implementation.

Which essentially means whether implementations are likely to switch, or  
credible future implementors have a strong preference for one over the  
other.

In which case, what Cordova does (and more to the point what developers do  
with it) seems relevant information to consider as we try to find a  
consensus.

cheers

Chaals

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Received on Tuesday, 4 February 2014 11:15:33 UTC