Re: [whatwg] reply() extension to postMessage()

2008-02-14 Thread Henry Mason
On Feb 14, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: This problem exists today with postMessage() too. Do people think we should go fully asynchronous? No objections from me... -Henry

Re: [whatwg] reply() extension to postMessage()

2008-02-14 Thread Henry Mason
On Feb 14, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: Given that everyone is now updating their postMessage() code anyway, I wonder if it's possible to quickly make another minor tweak. The proposal is to remove the source attribute from MessageEvent and replace it with a reply() method. T

[whatwg] Revised Plan for Server-sent DOM events

2008-01-04 Thread Henry Mason
There's recently been some talk about completely removing HTML 5 section 6.2, "Server-sent DOM events". I propose that rather than remove, we revise. The major concerns I've heard about section 6.2 include: - Unnecessary dependency on DOM Events - Redundancy with already existing techniques,

Re: [whatwg] html5 + ogg

2007-12-29 Thread Henry Mason
On Dec 29, 2007, at 12:01 PM, Philip Parker wrote: The removal of ogg as a baseline for audio/video implementation strikes me as ridiculous. Theres nothing stopping other formats from being used after all If the specification included the Ogg baseline and few web browsers actually supported

Re: [whatwg] Removal of Ogg is *preposterous*

2007-12-11 Thread Henry Mason
On Dec 11, 2007, at 1:21 PM, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote: I actually think this Slashdot comment summarizes the sentiment perfectly: "Methinks you are being a bit myopic here. Where would we be today if the HTML spec didn't specify jpg, gif, and png as baseline standards for the image

[whatwg] Detailed review of "Interpreting an event stream"

2007-08-03 Thread Henry Mason
Hey all- I've been working on an implementation of Server-Sent DOM Events. I ran into a small inconsistency in the specifications as they stand. Under section 6.2.4's "Class field" part: If the Namespace is null and the Event field is message (including if it was not specified expli