On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Adam Barth <aba...@webkit.org> wrote:
> In July 2010, there was a thread on webkit-dev about removing support > for the -khtml- and -apple- vendor prefixes: > > https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2010-July/013519.html > > At the time, we tried an approach recommended by David Hyatt > <https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2010-July/013536.html>, > but that approach appears to have been too agressive in that it broke > a number of Dashboard widgets: > > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42093#c29 > > Based on this information, I've posted a patch that limits the -apple- > and -khtml- vendor prefixes to ENABLE(DASHBOARD_SUPPORT): > > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83256 > > This approach lets ports that wish to remain compatible with Dashboard > widgets continue to support these prefixes while also letting ports > that aren't constrained by dashboard widgets disable them, hopefully > lessening their use on the broader web. > That sounds like a nice middle ground. It's unfortunate that we have to fragment the WebKit behavior like that but exposing those two prefixes on the Web seems more harmful. - Ryosuke
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