Mason, In which version are you hoping to deprecate and in which are you hoping to remove? Joe Medley | Technical Writer, Chrome DevRel | jmed...@google.com | 816-678-7195 *If an API's not documented it doesn't exist.*
On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 9:48 AM Mason Freed <mas...@chromium.org> wrote: > Contact emailsmas...@chromium.org > > Explainerhttps://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/7816 > https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6003 > > Specificationhttps://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/7816 > > Summary > > The <param> element can be used to specify parameters such as a URL (via > params named "movie", "src", "code", "data", or "url") to a containing > <object> element. Given the removal of plugins from the web platform, and > the relative lack of use of this particular functionality, we would like to > deprecate and remove it. > > > Blink componentBlink > <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink> > > Motivation > > Given that plugins are gone from the web platform (with their full removal > from the spec being tracked in https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6003), > it is not useful. In some browsers it can be used to figure out the URL of > an <object>, even when that <object> is not being used for a plugin, via > params named "movie", "src", "code", "data", or "url". But we decided to > remove this behavior from browsers instead of specifying it. This retains > the HTMLParamElement interface, as well as the parser behavior of <param>. > > > Initial public proposal > > Search tags<param> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:%3Cparam%3E>, > <object> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:%3Cobject%3E> > > TAG review > > TAG review statusNot applicable > > Risks > > > Interoperability and Compatibility > > > > Gecko: Shipped/Shipping ( > https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/387#issuecomment-1088331300) Issue > was initially raised by Mozilla, and Gecko already does not process param > at all. > > WebKit: No signal (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239188) No > response on the bug yet. > > Web developers: No signals > > Other signals: > > Ergonomics > > Since this is a deprecation, there is a Web Compat risk. I added use > counters for the situations that will be affected: - <param> that specifies > a URL, inside an <object> that doesn't: 0.04%, > https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/4010 - As > above, but URL successfully resolves to a (supported) PDF resource: > 0.00002%, > https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/4110 - As > above, but URL successfully resolves to an (unsupported) non-PDF resource: > not measurable, > https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/4111 So the > vast majority (99.95%) of <param> URL usage appears to point to invalid > resources - likely mostly Flash. A very small percentage (0.05% of > <param>-with-URL usage, 0.00002% of web page loads) are likely to break > when we deprecate this functionality. > > > WebView Application Risks > > Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that > it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? > > > > Debuggability > > Deprecation. > > > Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests > <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> > ?Yes > > Flag name > > Requires code in //chrome?False > > Tracking bughttps://crbug.com/1315717 > > Estimated milestones > > No milestones specified > > > Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status > https://chromestatus.com/feature/6283184588193792 > > This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status > <https://chromestatus.com/>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM%3DNeDhXTo%3Dg3scg7KF8g%3Dn5a4rA%3D6UD5cAxTBn9HetnAO%2BJ-A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM%3DNeDhXTo%3Dg3scg7KF8g%3Dn5a4rA%3D6UD5cAxTBn9HetnAO%2BJ-A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAJUhtG9k2Ngc1jyOrvvF%2BpMVcB%2BmvaD2MYn6MOu-sCa%3DXm0H2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
