[webkit-dev] <a ping> landed

[Dirk Pranke]

Keeping it off by default until it has some mainstream acceptance
seems like a bit of a self-defeating policy for new features; is this
often done in WebKit?

-- Dirk

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
>
> Since <a ping> has been controversial in the past (for arguably bogus
> reasons, but controversial nontheless), I suggest we keep it off by default
> until we find it has some mainstream acceptance and/or we discover that more
> ports want it.
> Regards,
> Maciej
> P.S. We haven't decided yet if we want it on for the ports Apple ships, but
> it's probable we will turn it on sooner or later.
>
>
> On Oct 4, 2010, at 6:51 PM, Jeremy Orlow wrote:
>
> Given that a ping really doesn't open up any new privacy holes (just makes
> it easier for sites to get the data they're going to gather anyway without
> slowing down the experience for the user), it seems like we might as well
> enable it by default.  If a port doesn't want it, they can always disable
> it, right?
> Thanks,
> J
>
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Nate Chapin <japhet at chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>> This is a few days late, but I just wanted to let the team know that, as
>> of http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/68166, WebKit can support <a ping> (but
>> support is disabled by default).
>>
>> The reason I left it disabled by default is that some ports may want to
>> have a mechanism for disabling pings, and I didn't want anyone
>> to accidentally pick it up before they were ready.  I'm happy to flip it to
>> enabled by default if that's what people prefer.
>>
>> ~Nate
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