ACTION-106 Propose clarifying language for 8.2.5

ACTION-106

When taken, this action referred to s8.2.5 which has now become  
s9.2.5 in the latest draft, titled "Poorly defined role for chrome:  
Favicon". The issue is around misleading text which implies that the  
choice to display a logo and content of that logo is at the sole  
discretion of the visited web site, which is untrue.

Section 9.2.5 (http://www.w3.org/TR/wsc-usecases/#favicon) should be  
changed to read:

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9.2.5 Favicon

Websites can specify a small graphic called a [favicon] to act as an  
icon that appears in the URL bar in most desktop web browsers and on  
the tabs in some browsers. While the desktop web browsers control  
this chrome, none place any restrictions on the type of websites or  
type of images that will be displayed.

As a result, a website can choose to display a favicon that looks  
exactly like the padlock icon that is displayed in the URL bar by  
many browsers to indicate an SSL connection. In this case the user  
may believe that SSL is being used, when it is not.

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This closes ACTION-106

cheers,
mike

Received on Tuesday, 6 March 2007 06:25:35 UTC