Re: Regarding: Making the W3C Web SQL Database Specification Active

2013-09-27 Thread Marcos Caceres
On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Michael Fitchett wrote: Dear Members of the W3C Consortium:: Regarding: Making the W3C Web SQL Database Specification Active I would like to request that you make the W3C Web SQL Database specification active again. The Web SQL Database

Re: Regarding: Making the W3C Web SQL Database Specification Active

2013-09-27 Thread Bjoern Hoehrmann
* Michael Fitchett wrote: Since lack of definition is the issue, I would like to recommend a remedy. I know SQL experts and great documentation writers who I would gladly hire to further define the Web SQL Database specification and fill in the missing SQL definition. Is this something that would

Re: Regarding: Making the W3C Web SQL Database Specification Active

2013-09-27 Thread pira...@gmail.com
I agree with Marcos. Also, I thinks IndexedDB fits better as a Javascript database working in a pure object oriented way. I don't think WebSQL it's absolutely bad, relational databases usually are easier to work with, but a NoSQL one can be more efficient. I would go for improve IndexedDB and if

Re: [webcomponents] Per-type ready event for Custom Elements

2013-09-27 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Daniel Buchner dan...@mozilla.com wrote: While Promises would address this concern, I'm reluctant to go with that solution because it imposes yet-another-polyfill-dependency on the web component polyfills/libs. That seems fine. Most new APIs require that

Re: [webcomponents] Per-type ready event for Custom Elements

2013-09-27 Thread Daniel Buchner
I don't see any compelling reason not to provide both. Let's not mistake an appeal for a simple, backwards-compatible allowance, as a slight to Promises ;) On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Anne van Kesteren ann...@annevk.nl wrote: On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Daniel Buchner

Re: [webcomponents] Per-type ready event for Custom Elements

2013-09-27 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Daniel Buchner dan...@mozilla.com wrote: I don't see any compelling reason not to provide both. Twice the maintenance cost, more to learn, etc. Promises will be in implementations long before web components are stable anyway. I don't really think there's much of

Re: Regarding: Making the W3C Web SQL Database Specification Active

2013-09-27 Thread Marcos Caceres
On Friday, September 27, 2013 at 3:07 PM, pira...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with Marcos. Also, I thinks IndexedDB fits better as a Javascript database working in a pure object oriented way. I don't think WebSQL it's absolutely bad, relational databases usually are easier to work with, but a

Re: [webcomponents] Per-type ready event for Custom Elements

2013-09-27 Thread Daniel Buchner
Surely then we should remove all events defined by the Web Component specs in favor of Promises, right? We're talking about a single event here - this seems like a bit of an overreaction. Though Promises are cool, and I am not against providing a complementary solution, you haven't presented

RE: [webcomponents] Per-type ready event for Custom Elements

2013-09-27 Thread Domenic Denicola
From: daniel...@gmail.com [daniel...@gmail.com] on behalf of Daniel Buchner [dan...@mozilla.com] Surely then we should remove all events defined by the Web Component specs in favor of Promises, right? I don't think anyone's suggesting that; let's not stuff strawmen here. What's being

Re: Regarding: Making the W3C Web SQL Database Specification Active

2013-09-27 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Michael Fitchett michael.fitch...@spotsync.com wrote: Dear Members of the W3C Consortium:: Regarding: Making the W3C Web SQL Database Specification Active I would like to request that you make the W3C Web SQL Database specification active again. The Web SQL