Re: [File System APIs] If one is good, then two must be better? from Boris Zbarsky on 2014-02-04 (public-webapps@w3.org from January to March 2014)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:13:35 -0500
To: public-webapps@w3.org
Message-ID: <52F11FBF.7080206@mit.edu>

On 2/4/14 11:48 AM, Arun Ranganathan wrote:
> A web page using the FileSystem API in JavaScript and working in two separate browser implementations seems like a good measure of interoperability

A good measure of interop is a test suite that actually tests edge cases 
(something that a web page is unlikely to do in general) and passes in 
both UAs.

Put another way, you don't need a spec to reach the "web page that works 
in both implementations" level.  You just need some generic agreement 
and a small bit of reverse engineering...  It's the edge cases you 
typically need a spec for.

-Boris

Received on Tuesday, 4 February 2014 17:14:06 UTC