Re: [webkit-dev] Proposal: Remove Microdata support
Another +1 here. The complexity:usefulness ratio of this feature always seemed off to me. -Kling On Aug 5, 2013, at 10:44 PM, Brady Eidson beid...@apple.com wrote: +1. I see no benefit to keeping the code around right now. ~Brady On Aug 5, 2013, at 1:16 PM, Sam Weinig wei...@apple.com wrote: Hello, I’d like to propose removing support for the Microdata JS API (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/microdata.html) from WebKit. The specification has not gotten much adoption from either implementors or from site authors. Additionally, its use cases can all be addressed in author scripts, and if we see it becoming popular we can always bring it back. The Mac port has never enabled the feature, and Blink has recently ripped out their support. Thoughts? -Sam (I have done the work to rip it out, but it is not up for review yet - https://webkit.org/b/119480) ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Re: [webkit-dev] Proposal: Remove Microdata support
The complexity:usefulness ratio of this feature always seemed off to me. + 1 — František On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Sam Weinig wei...@apple.com wrote: Hello, I’d like to propose removing support for the Microdata JS API ( http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/microdata.html) from WebKit. The specification has not gotten much adoption from either implementors or from site authors. Additionally, its use cases can all be addressed in author scripts, and if we see it becoming popular we can always bring it back. The Mac port has never enabled the feature, and Blink has recently ripped out their support. Thoughts? -Sam (I have done the work to rip it out, but it is not up for review yet - https://webkit.org/b/119480) ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
[webkit-dev] Proposal: Remove Microdata support
Hello, I’d like to propose removing support for the Microdata JS API (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/microdata.html) from WebKit. The specification has not gotten much adoption from either implementors or from site authors. Additionally, its use cases can all be addressed in author scripts, and if we see it becoming popular we can always bring it back. The Mac port has never enabled the feature, and Blink has recently ripped out their support. Thoughts? -Sam (I have done the work to rip it out, but it is not up for review yet - https://webkit.org/b/119480) ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Re: [webkit-dev] Proposal: Remove Microdata support
+1. I see no benefit to keeping the code around right now. ~Brady On Aug 5, 2013, at 1:16 PM, Sam Weinig wei...@apple.com wrote: Hello, I’d like to propose removing support for the Microdata JS API (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/microdata.html) from WebKit. The specification has not gotten much adoption from either implementors or from site authors. Additionally, its use cases can all be addressed in author scripts, and if we see it becoming popular we can always bring it back. The Mac port has never enabled the feature, and Blink has recently ripped out their support. Thoughts? -Sam (I have done the work to rip it out, but it is not up for review yet - https://webkit.org/b/119480) ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
