Please post a patch: http://webkit.org/coding/contributing.html
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Eric Seidel <e...@webkit.org> wrote: > Sounds like an easy patch to post. I'm in favor of removing this > support. Reducing the number of non-standard CSS properties we > support seems like a good thing. > > -eric > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Peter Beverloo <pe...@lvp-media.com> wrote: >> Good day, >> >> While going through WebCore for some CSS research I'm currently doing, >> I came across a piece of code[1] which translates all "-khtml-" and >> "-apple-" vendor-prefixes to "-webkit-". This effectively means >> "-apple-transform" and "-khtml-transform" can both be used instead of >> "-webkit-transform". I am unaware of the rationales behind the apple >> vendor-prefix, but I'd like to propose removing support for the >> KHTML-prefix. >> >> My main argument for this is that WebKit and KHTML are, in my opinion, >> two separate engines by two separate vendors. The port occurred eight >> years ago, and code in both projects has changed significantly ever >> since. When Microsoft announced support for "-webkit-text-size-adjust" >> in IE Mobile it was argued that browsers should not implement >> properties with prefixes "belonging" to other vendors, which seems to >> be exactly what WebKit is doing with the KHTML prefix. >> >> I understand the history of supporting -khtml-, and have heard from >> the KHTML project that they implement the -webkit- prefix as well. >> However, considering that WebKit has grown significantly in the past >> few years and that all code changes basically made KHTML and WebKit >> two individual rendering engines, with individual CSS support, I >> believe it would be appropriate for support to be dropped. >> >> Regards, >> Peter Beverloo >> http://peter.sh/ >> >> [1] http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/css/CSSParser.cpp#L5583 >> [2] >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/iemobile/archive/2010/05/10/javascript-and-css-changes-in-ie-mobile-for-windows-phone-7.aspx >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >> > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev