-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
my 2 cents regarding growing the community : In short : This community is small and we see it getting smaller. There some very good reasons for this (see below). This will by it's nature always be a rather small specialized community. But the ability to identify a user-agent/device will remain a fundamental thing. Bit Longer : 1) The 'Frameworks' always had the edge : much closer to the web-developer. DDR is HTTP-headers, back-end-y, further...far away stuff and never really reached them. 2) "Device" is shifting. What is currently understood as a "device", the smart-and not so-smart phones, tables, pads, phablets,... are becoming more generic. Instead of long lists of esoteric properties, it's basically back to : OS/browser/rendering-engine. DDR was 'sexy' because 'mobile' was 'device'. 3) HTML5 : following what goes on on the WhatWg list and 'out there' you see it becoming easier and easier to 'do mobile' -- the sexy stuff, no frameworks etc. *But* the need for other uses stays [traffic analyses] and much more importantly : 'device' will shift : "the Internet of Things"...sounds very much like "devices" to me. Maybe the community should congratulate 'mobile' as it graduates from 'device', and be ready to welcome in the next 'devices'. esjr -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJThnqJAAoJEOxywXcFLKYcRlkH/irsBE8rnMWdu2Lfqrh31IDx WH7xSTdUf6i3ZJeimcig7MaLQy1G/3FR/QrmSjjwNCGo73Gq5sss6YnRLuDxwB3m ZMphxb3EAV2SUsT037fnSiM+I6BFC86nWs78S6FTD9etySlT2TCjW9OUp3wwXcIB //hmfmCuQT2TueOouN/Hk+RCiV3WuFW0JJ0l+MmBlMX9YgHp5Q2IxtuWegVae/Bn 1jF0zKewHAgrk90K5zH6gS4S1wS1h8QFTRcfHgxhUPEkMVg+c8X8aTS9QkYFNVmY VX4PC4UshrsStHVOve9lbic948qTLxBbIw5PPOapl55BXJJ/lLvfcs3ODHulLW0= =qjoV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
