- From: Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 18:31:33 +0200
- To: Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@apple.com>
- Cc: whatwg <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@apple.com> wrote: > On Jul 2, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Since there are now 2 implementations, it should be added to the spec >> > instead of just being a wiki. >> >> That depends on whether other vendors are objecting. >> >> Looks like that is the case: >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.platform/QnhfUVw9jCI/PEFuf5a_0YQJ > > > That thread concluded with a "let's see how this feature is going to be > used before we commit". > Blink and WebKit certainly are in favor. > > True. I just went over that thread again. Unfortunately this was a private discussion. I'm not certain if that accurately reflects where the WebKit community > stands. > There was a lot of contentious discussion on the webkit-dev thread [1] and > Bugzilla [2] > > I agree some people are in favor but I wouldn't say everyone is definitely > in the favor. > I thought that those concerns were addressed with the addition of a maximum number of cores? > Also, WebKit's implementation also caps the number of cores at eight > to mitigate some of the finger printing / privacy concerns raised. > Yes, this is allowed per the spec already. > > [1] https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132588 > [2] > https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2014-May/thread.html#26511 > > - R. Niwa > >
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