- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:07:49 -0400
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- CC: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, Jonathan Watt <jwatt@mozilla.com>, Olli Pettay <Olli.Pettay@helsinki.fi>, Jacob Rossi <t-jacobr@microsoft.com>, Travis Leithead <travil@microsoft.com>, "www-dom@w3.org" <www-dom@w3.org>, Andrew Sledd <Andrew.Sledd@ikivo.com>, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>, Lee Martineau <lee.martineau@quickoffice.com>
Hi, Maciej- Maciej Stachowiak wrote (on 7/26/09 11:52 PM): > On Jul 26, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Doug Schepers wrote: >> Maciej Stachowiak wrote (on 7/26/09 10:59 PM): >> >>> then WebKit will probably align with >>> the judgment of other browser engines on whether to keep them. >> >> Do you mean Safari, or WebKit? I'd be interested to hear from Google, >> KDE/Konqueror, and other folks who have browsers based on WebKit. > > I mean WebKit. As I said, I can't officially speak for the whole > project. My sense is that project attitudes are mostly along the lines I > described, though individual WebKit contributors, whether they work for > Apple or not, may disagree on the particulars. Naturally. > Generally, WebKit-based browsers strive to avoid differences that affect > behavior of Web content. I expect Safari, Chrome, Epiphany, Arora, > Midori, OmniWeb, iCab, S60 Browser, the Android browser, and other > WebKit-based browsers to just follow mainline WebKit on this point. We > tend to value consistency over minor differences of opinion on things > like this. Sure, makes sense. I brought it up because I wondered if some uses of WebKit might have more specialized markets that might use DOMFocusIn, DOMFocusOut, or DOMActivate. > (Konqueror doesn't use WebKit, although the idea has been discussed). Huh! I stand corrected, I thought it did. > For Safari, I can't make any specific commitments about future releases, > though historically Safari has followed mainline WebKit behavior. > > I hope this clarifies what I mean when I say the WebKit project would > likely do one thing or another. If I'm ever giving a strong statement of > project consensus, or an Apple corporate position, I'll try to make that > clear. But usually I'm giving either personal technical views, or > positions that I think will likely find rough consensus in the WebKit > project. Understood. Regards- -Doug Schepers W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs
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