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What practical difference does the ceremony of ‘recommending’ make?
by chrisseaton 5y ago
What practical difference does the ceremony of ‘recommending’ make?
- tiborsaas 5y agoIt's like a wax stamp by the king.
- chrisseaton 5y agoI thought this king had been replaced by the WHATWG?
- chrislo 5y agoI'm not sure it does make any practical difference, but I could be wrong. But as someone who has been a little bit involved in the process since 2010 it's an enjoyable personal milestone. And I'm really happy for all of the wonderful people I've met along the way who contributed way more than I did.
- rchaud 5y agoIf it's added to the official spec, then browsers are expected to support that functionality out of the box, without needing polyfills.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> then browsers are expected to support that functionality out of the box Does that work in practice? You can 'expect' all you want if they don't choose to implement it.
- rchaud 5y agoThe W3C usually adds new specs years after major browser vendors implement them. A browser being created after that time would be expected to be compliant with W3C specs.