Re: SOR: CORS or From-Origin? from Dave Crossland on 2011-02-09 (public-webfonts-wg@w3.org from February 2011)

From: Dave Crossland <dave@lab6.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:10:26 -0800
To: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
Cc: public-webfonts-wg@w3.org
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=v4RqTnHKw2gjhj8aB_93tQL8j8EZKV__vFL0w@mail.gmail.com>

On 9 February 2011 07:39, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com> wrote:
>
> This is achieved by switching the default. In Mozilla's CORS-based
> implementation today, the default is to ignore the font unless a
> certain HTTP header is present. In the From-Origin proposal, the
> browser will ignore the font if a certain HTTP header is present. This
> change of default setting allows From-Origin to be used with other media
> types on the web without causing havoc.

Proprietary font developers want cross-site font linking to not work
by default.

This From-Origin proposal does not meet their need. Can it?

Received on Wednesday, 9 February 2011 16:11:29 UTC