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> We do not plan to standardize how browsers should treat these special cases in their UI This is a statement from the Chrome team; from Google. Since when doe
by lucideer 8y ago
> We do not plan to standardize how browsers should treat these special cases in their UI
This is a statement from the Chrome team; from Google. Since when does Google unilaterally decide on what it will or will not standardise in other browsers?
Standardisation is a multi-stakeholder collaborative process. This sounds very much like Google representatives don't view it as such. Given their dominant market position, that's a worrying sign.
- detaro 8y agoIt helps to read that sentence in the context of the sentence right before it.
- lucideer 8y agoThe context doesn't change the meaning. The previous sentence talks about engaging in a (separate, different) standardisation process with others, and this sentence then does a jarring context switch by instead talking about a seemingly unilateral action (albeit thankfully in the negative, so only the tone is of concern).
- dragonwriter 8y agoNo, the sentence in question is—and the context you are dismissig makes this abundantly clear, though it is also the most natural reading of the sentence in isolation, IMO—using “standardize” to mean “seek to establish as an industry standard through the process of a standards body.” (Note that while I think the language is clear, I think this whole approach from Google is ill-conceived to the point of borderline lunacy; there is no need for these to be special-case subdomains or for them to be treated specially by UIs at all.)