LGTM3

On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 7:48 PM Chris Harrelson <chris...@chromium.org>
wrote:

> LGTM2
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 10:20 AM Alex Russell <slightly...@chromium.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Dominik,
>>
>> Thanks for getting back to me, the detail on the syntax, and for the link
>> to the explainer. Thanks also for correcting me regarding the TAG review. I
>> feel much better about the proposal as a result of all of this detail.
>>
>> On the CSS WG aspects, if features are developed w/ epxlainers like this,
>> as long as we're going first, it might make sense to use OT to road-test
>> them with developers, but I won't stand on it here as the explainer is
>> clear and, presumably, developers will weigh in with their support.
>>
>> LGTM
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Friday, September 2, 2022 at 6:28:21 AM UTC-7 dr...@google.com wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Theo,
>>>
>>> On Friday, September 2, 2022 at 3:07:04 PM UTC+2 Theodore
>>> Olsauskas-Warren wrote:
>>>
>>>> (Chrome OWP Privacy reviewer drive-by)
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to understand whether the various tech() capabilities are
>>>> directly derivable from already exposed information, and this is just a
>>>> convenience, or whether otherwise identical UAs might give out different
>>>> values based on the platform or user configuration.
>>>> The privacy section in the spec about " What data does this
>>>> specification expose to an origin?" seems silent on this,
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think I answered a very similar privacy review question in the
>>> previous iteration of this I2S, in this thread
>>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/bCA9H3eaO3s/m/bjOhM6MLFQAJ>,
>>> does this help? In short, in Chrome it is almost equivalent to the user
>>> agent major version, as we do not have platform specific differences in
>>> this level of font stack functionality.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>
>>> Dominik
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 4:31:39 PM UTC+2 dr...@chromium.org
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Yoav, Alex,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yoav wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think that a short explainer outlining exactly what you're planning
>>>>>> to ship here and how you're expecting developers to use it would be
>>>>>> helpful. Can you add one? (potentially even inline, if it's rather short)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As Philip points out, the explainer can be found here
>>>>> <https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/blob/main/css-fonts-4/src-explainer.md>
>>>>>  which
>>>>> was also used for the previously filed TAG review. I just updated it for
>>>>> the new syntax. My bad for not adding it in the initial post.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yoav, re your question what is it that I want to ship:
>>>>> Parsing and filtering resources in the @font-face src: descriptor line
>>>>> in Blink does currently not understand the tech() function. I want to 
>>>>> bring
>>>>> Blink to the spec level, make it understand the tech() function and filter
>>>>> fonts accordingly. That means not adding src: line components to the list
>>>>> of font blobs to be downloaded which are not supported in Blink. E.g.
>>>>> (features-graphite, color-SVG). CL for reference with feature behind
>>>>> flag here
>>>>> <https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3856267>.
>>>>>
>>>>> [...] and how you're expecting developers to use it would be helpful
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The explainer lists 3 main use cases
>>>>> <https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/blob/main/css-fonts-4/src-explainer.md#use-cases>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> For more context:
>>>>> This intent to ship is a follow-up from an earlier attempt to ship a 
>>>>> previous
>>>>> form of this feature and syntax
>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/bCA9H3eaO3s/m/pe7T3PFdAQAJ>.
>>>>> In the I2S then a TAG review was requested, *TAG review here*
>>>>> <https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/666>.
>>>>> The TAG suggested changes
>>>>> <https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/666#issuecomment-901220221>,
>>>>> the syntax was updated, and @supports(font-tech()) feature was added
>>>>> to CSS Conditionals 5 and keywords between these two features were
>>>>> harmonised.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We discussed this at today's API OWNERs meeting and, while I realise
>>>>>> I should perhaps be directing most of these comments at the CSS WG more
>>>>>> broadly, I'm concerned that the bundle of features that this function is
>>>>>> designed to support are not clearly articulated, which argues for an
>>>>>> explainer and perhaps a TAG review.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Specifically:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - What problems do the "variations", "palettes", and
>>>>>>    "incremental" values address? There should be clear enunciation of 
>>>>>> those
>>>>>>    issues in an explainer, a discussion of considered alternatives, and
>>>>>>    example code describing how this specfic design best meets those 
>>>>>> needs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The specification lists what the particular terms mean and what
>>>>> browser font support they address:
>>>>> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts-4/#font-tech-definitions
>>>>>
>>>>>    - tech(variations) then means that a UA understands the OpenType
>>>>>    Variations functionality of this font resource.
>>>>>    - tech(palettes) then means that a UA can understand the CPAL
>>>>>    color palette information in this font and is able to apply palettes 
>>>>> to it
>>>>>    using font-palette CSS.
>>>>>    - tech(incremental) is forward looking and means that the UA can
>>>>>    load this resource if it understands incremental font transfer. I am
>>>>>    personally open to not shipping this particular keyword until UAs start
>>>>>    implementing incremental transfer
>>>>>
>>>>> Example code is in the explainer:
>>>>> https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/blob/main/css-fonts-4/src-explainer.md#examples
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - Related, why is "tech()" overloaded for whatever those values
>>>>>>    do as well as explict named technologies and sub-features?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do I understand your question right: Are you asking why tech()
>>>>> combines keywords that sound broader, and some that sound more specific to
>>>>> a particular technology? I.e. variations vs. color-COLRv0? These keywords
>>>>> and technologies are chosen as levels of font support that a UA may have.
>>>>> OpenType Variations support is one are of technology support, then the
>>>>> specific color font formats are other levels of support. I imagine they 
>>>>> may
>>>>> sound unrelated or wide vs. specific, but from the perspective of 
>>>>> evolution
>>>>> of font support in browsers, from my point of view they make sense as
>>>>> a means to describe feature support of the text stack. Does that answer
>>>>> your question?
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - Since we're going first, and the only group that seems to have
>>>>>>    looked at this is the CSS WG, shouldn't there be a TAG review?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A TAG review was requested and concluded
>>>>> <https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/666>, which resulted
>>>>> in the updated syntax and the addition of @supports( font-tech() )  to
>>>>> CSS Conditionals 5.
>>>>> We are not the only ones shipping this: Firefox implemented and aims
>>>>> at shipping this and @supports( font-tech() ) very soon in one of the
>>>>> next upcoming releases, FF bugzilla #1786493
>>>>> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1786493>. The feedback
>>>>> I hear from Jonathan Kew, their font expert: This feature is a useful part
>>>>> of shipping COLRv1 font support for selecting the right resource.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The CSS WG continues to work outside of our incubation and
>>>>>> explainer-based model for feature development, and as a general matter 
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>> not OK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I realise this feature is hostage to a bad work mode and it isn't the
>>>>>> developer's of this syntax's fault, but we need to break the cycle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Future CSS features that do not incubate, center developer feedback
>>>>>> (perhaps through OT), and show signs of incubation may also invoke delays
>>>>>> from me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As the implementer of this feature in Blink, and as you're indicating
>>>>> in your reply in terms of the audience of your feedback, I am not able to
>>>>> extract actionable feedback from this part other than encouraging the CSS
>>>>> WG to adopt this model or using it if I am driving a feature myself. Other
>>>>> than that, am I missing something from this part?
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you exactly mean by "break the cycle" here? I do hope we can
>>>>> proceed with this feature - as this is the second iteration after the TAG
>>>>> review and earlier TAG and blink-dev feedback.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dominik
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 8:52:02 AM UTC-7 Philip Jägenstedt
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 4:11 PM Yoav Weiss <yoav...@chromium.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 3:09:39 PM UTC+2 Dominik Röttsches
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (re-sent from @chromium.org address)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Contact emailsdr...@chromium.org
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ExplainerNone
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think that a short explainer outlining exactly what you're
>>>>>>>> planning to ship here and how you're expecting developers to use it 
>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>> be helpful. Can you add one? (potentially even inline, if it's rather 
>>>>>>>> short)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps a small edit to
>>>>>>> https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/blob/main/css-fonts-4/src-explainer.md
>>>>>>> to say what this is for and give an example?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some text from
>>>>>>> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts-4/#ex-color-if-supported could
>>>>>>> be lifted. Spelling out what the different keywords in tech(keyword) do 
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> plain language would be helpful.
>>>>>>>
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