> > This is a great idea. It would be a shame to put this out there and be stuck with a crippling set of design decisions as happened with LocalStorage. In practice, using WebSockets is a big enough change for web developers that adding the webkit- is nothing more than a minor inconvenience (if that) for early adopters.
> Ojan On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:14 AM, David Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There is the browser side: >> http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-websockets-20091029/ >> >> In that spec, it says >> >> This specification is being developed in conjunction with an Internet >> Draft for a wire protocol, the Web Socket Protocol, available from the IETF >> at the following location: >> >> >> - WebSocket Protocol Internet-Draft: >> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hixie-thewebsocketprotocol >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Jeremy Orlow <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *cc'ing others involved in WebSockets (server and client side) >>> >>> I'm not very familiar with the IETF's efforts, but my understanding is >>> that they were creating a competing protocol. Are they in fact creating >>> something that they want to submit as a replacement to WebSockets? If so, >>> why is WebSockets moving to last call? >>> >>> I'm not necessarily against this change, just confused by it. >>> * >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Alexey Proskuryakov >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> While WebSocket API is fairly stable, the discussion of underlying >>>> protocol at IETF is far from being done. It could be disruptive to ship our >>>> WebSocket implementation in a way that would effectively freeze the >>>> protocol. >>>> >>>> One way to achieve future compatibility is by using a different scheme >>>> for WebSocket URLs - e.g. "webkit-ws:" and "webkit-wss:" instead of "ws:" >>>> and "wss:", respectively. Depending on how protocol standardization goes, >>>> we >>>> could alias these later, or add a separate standards compliant >>>> implementation. >>>> >>>> I'm going to submit a patch to this effect, but would like to discuss >>>> the idea on the list first. >>>> >>>> - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> webkit-dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> webkit-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >> >> >
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