On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:09:53 +0400, Arthur Barstow <[email protected]>
wrote:
On 1/31/14 10:44 AM, ext Ian Clelland wrote:
Hi Art,
For what it's worth, theFile API: Directories and System is also
implemented (and supported) by Apache Cordova[1]. The implementation is
essentially complete for mobile applications on Android, iOS and
FireOS, with nearly-complete support on Blackberry and Windows Phone.
While our plugin registry was counting downloads, it was the
most-downloaded plugin for the platform by a wide margin, so I believe
it is being used actively.
Thanks for this information Ian!
I don't know if Cordova should count as a browser implementation for
the purposes of this WG, but we are implementing the APIs and making
them available to (hybrid) web application developers.
The group has some flexibility regarding the specifics of the
interoperability criteria used to advance a spec along the
Recommendation track, but we haven't talked about the criteria for these
specs since they are still working drafts.
And the particular question here isn't about CR criteria, but about
whether one or other approach is more likely to achieve the consensus of
interoperable implementation.
Which essentially means whether implementations are likely to switch, or
credible future implementors have a strong preference for one over the
other.
In which case, what Cordova does (and more to the point what developers do
with it) seems relevant information to consider as we try to find a
consensus.
cheers
Chaals
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