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Interop is to make browsers comply to already existing specs. Why would they add new stuff to that...
by Deukhoofd 5y ago
Interop is to make browsers comply to already existing specs. Why would they add new stuff to that...
- dmitriid 5y agoNew things become "already existing specs" the moment two browsers implement them. Given the proliferation of APIs pushed out by browsers it would be nice if they planned for actual interop of actual useful things beforehand. Not present barely a dozen things as this huge accomplishment that they agreed on It's not an accomplishment. It's an abject failure by all involved to, you know, agree on interop.
- dmitriid 5y agoExample: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30556054 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30556054 Chrome shipped extensions to Canvas API even if Mozilla has reservations about some parts and is negative about other parts. Chrome couldn't give two craps about Mozilla's position. Two-five years from now there will be another "Interop 202x" that will gleefully proclaim they will now align their work and implementation of Canvas API?