On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 11, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Mark Toller <mark.tol...@samsung.com> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Dominik Röttsches [mailto:dominik.rottsc...@intel.com] > >> > >> On 10/10/2012 10:26 AM, Mark Toller wrote: > >>> What we would like to see initially is Webkit based browsers (Chrome, > >>> Safari, Minibrowser, etc) actually load HbbTV pages instead of asking > >>> the user to download the content - this would indirectly benefit the > >>> end goal of Webkit (to get everyone to support standard W3C/HTML5)... > >> > >> This particular change is just a matter of adding one more displayable > >> mime-type, right? > > > > Almost. I've created a bug and patch for this particular change: > > > > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99049 > > > > As someone else stated, I think the best approach is to create > > a bug for each change we consider worthwhile, and then they can be > > considered individually. > > I don't think we should take this change or accept this feature in > general. It seems that of those who have spoken up, the WebKit community is > not in favor of this direction. > Even though the specific change in that patch is relatively small, > supporting custom MIME types has significant disadvantages: > > - Creates interoperability issues with other browsers. > - Fragments the web > - Opens us up to further requests to add support for similarly niche MIME > types in the future > > If CE-HTML and HbbTV content is fine to process as ordinary HTML, then it > should be served with text/html MIME type. That would avoid all of these > problems. If a consortium decided to create custom mime types instead, then > they made a mistake and should fix it. In some cases, when the technology > is compelling or there is a wealth of existing content, we live with > arguable errors in the standard. But neither of those considerations > applies here. > > Regards, > Maciej > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > +1. As someone who builds applications specifically for TV producers, I feel that this custom mime type is the first in a series of bad moves. Why doesn't the HBB group form its own W3 style group? I think this is just heading in the wrong direction. rb
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