Excuse me, I forgot to note the new bug + patch in my previous mail, although it was listed in the references.
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42093 Regards, Peter Beverloo http://peter.sh/ On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 17:26, Eric Seidel <e...@webkit.org> wrote: > 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
