On Friday, May 10, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Matt Basta wrote:

> > If the W3C format starts using an array instead of an object, backwards 
> > compatibility can be retained with existing FxOS content (if type is object 
> > === Mozilla format; if type is array === W3C format). Of course, if we 
> > start using the W3C format, we would need to deprecate using an object.
> 
> This isn't backwards compatibility since existing devices that implement the 
> old standard will still break.

You are correct, my bad. When an array is used, the array is ignored (in which 
case, the default icon is shown). 

<snip - moving platform detection to different thread>

> There is a lot that can be done with icons, but removing information from the 
> manifest in a backwards-incompatible way probably isn't the right way to go.
Right, but I'm still interested in addressing the high density display use 
cases and dealing with the issues I mentioned. Dealing with icons is quite 
fiddly at the moment.  


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