[webkit-dev] webkitPostMessage

[Ryosuke Niwa]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:

> On Apr 29, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:
>
> I read <https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/DeprecatingFeatures>, but I'm
> still unsure how to proceed with removing webkitPostMessage and
> aligning postMessage with the spec.  No one responded to my earlier
> message, so I'm inclined to just post a patch.
>
> Comparing your post to the recommended steps on that page (the page says
> the same steps should be applied to removing only the prefixed version of a
> feature):
>
> It looks like you did this:
>
>    - Any deprecation should be sent to webkit-dev for discussion.
>
> It doesn't look like you did any of these yet:
>
>    - Any deprecation requires some data as to why the feature can be
>    deprecated. The goal of the data is to show that the feature is not widely
>    used and is not popular. The following would qualify:
>       - usage statistics in the wild (either by instrumenting the browser
>       or any other means).
>       - some discussions on the standard mailing lists underlining that
>       the standards' bodies don't think there is enough traction to get the
>       feature standardized.
>       - some proof that there is others way to achieve the same result
>       that are better.
>
> It appears to me that the the unprefixed version will be a better
alternative in this case since the websites can just use the same API on
all spec-compliant browsers if ArrayBuffer is supported in the unprefixed
version.

- Ryosuke
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