[webkit-dev] <a ping> landed

[Darin Fisher]

I don't think it is the norm.  This one is special for the reasons already
stated.
-Darin

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Dirk Pranke <dpranke at chromium.org> wrote:

> 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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