RE: WOFF without SOR?

[Christopher Slye:] 
> If it wasn't obvious, the point of my original message was simply to get a
> clear statement from Opera, for the benefit of WG members and list
> readers, on their intentions.

Yes, that was clear. But Opera's intent on this has been clear all along.
(At least I thought it was). Not using a CORS feature for an unintended 
purpose matters more to them than interop. Their position is that a new 
alternative mechanism ought to be created for this type of SOR. In the 
meantime, any web site operating in a country with a high share of Opera 
users would presumably have to do extra work to comply with web font 
licenses e.g. Referrer checks and other techniques to mitigate licensing 
issues and possible bandwidth leeching. So site owners may have to suffer
extra costs where Opera does well. I'd think that's not in Opera's interest
but oh well. It's their browser.

> 
> Of course I'd be pleased to see Opera implement SOR for WOFF as currently
> required. Adobe's general confidence in WOFF is undermined if SOR is not
> applied consistently among browsers.

So the fact that about 80% of browsers out there will support SOR (95% if 
WebKit also does) is not enough ? In practice, it means most sites will
have to comply in order to serve most of their users.

Received on Wednesday, 26 January 2011 18:45:46 UTC