Keeping it off by default until it has some mainstream acceptance seems like a bit of a self-defeating policy for new features; is this often done in WebKit?
-- Dirk On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: > > Since <a ping> has been controversial in the past (for arguably bogus > reasons, but controversial nontheless), I suggest we keep it off by default > until we find it has some mainstream acceptance and/or we discover that more > ports want it. > Regards, > Maciej > P.S. We haven't decided yet if we want it on for the ports Apple ships, but > it's probable we will turn it on sooner or later. > > > On Oct 4, 2010, at 6:51 PM, Jeremy Orlow wrote: > > Given that a ping really doesn't open up any new privacy holes (just makes > it easier for sites to get the data they're going to gather anyway without > slowing down the experience for the user), it seems like we might as well > enable it by default. If a port doesn't want it, they can always disable > it, right? > Thanks, > J > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Nate Chapin <jap...@chromium.org> wrote: >> >> This is a few days late, but I just wanted to let the team know that, as >> of http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/68166, WebKit can support <a ping> (but >> support is disabled by default). >> >> The reason I left it disabled by default is that some ports may want to >> have a mechanism for disabling pings, and I didn't want anyone >> to accidentally pick it up before they were ready. I'm happy to flip it to >> enabled by default if that's what people prefer. >> >> ~Nate >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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