Sounds like an easy patch to post. I'm in favor of removing this support. Reducing the number of non-standard CSS properties we support seems like a good thing.
-eric On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Peter Beverloo <pe...@lvp-media.com> wrote: > Good day, > > While going through WebCore for some CSS research I'm currently doing, > I came across a piece of code[1] which translates all "-khtml-" and > "-apple-" vendor-prefixes to "-webkit-". This effectively means > "-apple-transform" and "-khtml-transform" can both be used instead of > "-webkit-transform". I am unaware of the rationales behind the apple > vendor-prefix, but I'd like to propose removing support for the > KHTML-prefix. > > My main argument for this is that WebKit and KHTML are, in my opinion, > two separate engines by two separate vendors. The port occurred eight > years ago, and code in both projects has changed significantly ever > since. When Microsoft announced support for "-webkit-text-size-adjust" > in IE Mobile it was argued that browsers should not implement > properties with prefixes "belonging" to other vendors, which seems to > be exactly what WebKit is doing with the KHTML prefix. > > I understand the history of supporting -khtml-, and have heard from > the KHTML project that they implement the -webkit- prefix as well. > However, considering that WebKit has grown significantly in the past > few years and that all code changes basically made KHTML and WebKit > two individual rendering engines, with individual CSS support, I > believe it would be appropriate for support to be dropped. > > Regards, > Peter Beverloo > http://peter.sh/ > > [1] http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/css/CSSParser.cpp#L5583 > [2] > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/iemobile/archive/2010/05/10/javascript-and-css-changes-in-ie-mobile-for-windows-phone-7.aspx > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
