Re: Question re CR phase implementations of [WebCryptoAPI]

On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:28 PM, John Boyer <boyerj@ca.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hello Ryan, Mark, et al.
>
> Now that last call period has ended, it seems likely that CR
> implementation/test phase will begin soon.


I don't know about that :) There's a lot of feedback from LC to process.


>
>
> I'd like to get a sense of whether technologies based on this
> specification could be consumed by a particular product.
> This would be governed by whether web browsers will support this,
> particularly for those web browsers that foresee deprecating support of the
> plugin API.  The particular product currently uses a plugin to provide
> digital signing capability to the JS layer.  An implementation of this
> specification seems to provide a promising alternative.
>
> Does the WG have a sense of which members will be providing an
> implementation report to support CR exit?  If so, can you share it now?
>
> Thanks,
> John M. Boyer, Ph.D.
> IBM Distinguished Engineer & IBM Master Inventor
> @johnboyerphd | boyerj@ca.ibm.com


If you're asking for "who is implementing"
- IE has shipped a prefixed version on an earlier API. According to
http://status.modern.ie/webcryptoapi , they're implementing. I have no idea
about current work (on promises), but it sounds... promising.
- Safari is implementing -
https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2013-October/025707.html
- Firefox is implementing -
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865789
- Chromium is implementing -
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=245025