- From: Phil Archer <parcher@icra.org>
- Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:07:36 +0100
- To: www-html-editor@w3.org
- CC: Daniel Appelquist <Daniel.Appelquist@vodafone.com>, MWI MWBP Member List <member-bpwg@w3.org>, public-bpwg@w3.org
The Mobile Web Best Practices Group welcomes the new draft and congratulates the HTML working group on its publication. Central to BPWG's mission is the desire to make the Web more readily usable on mobile devices. The introduction of the input mode module is therefore highly welcome. We wish to make just three specific comments: 1. We think that the continuing inconsistency between XHTML Basic and XHTML-MP is a serious problem and that there must be a priority on aligning them. We understand that the OMA has submitted detailed comments about those inconsistencies and so we do not add further comment. 2. The feature set included in XHTML Basic goes beyond what is often implemented in mobile devices. Hence our work in developing Best Practices that show how to work within the present paradigm. We ask what input the XHTML Basic specification has had from Mobile Device Manufacturers and Mobile Browser Vendors? Is there dialogue taking place that can lead to full implementation in the near to medium term future? We are concerned that continued development of partial implementations makes life extremely difficult for content developers. Commitment to consistent and complete implementations is what is needed. 3. BPWG asks the HTML WG to consider including a reference to the Best Practice document for developers of mobile web sites [1]. Phil Archer On behalf of Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/ -- Phil Archer Chief Technical Officer, ICRA w. http://www.icra.org/people/philarcher/ Working for a Safer Internet
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