W3C

Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group Teleconference

24 Aug 2010

Agenda

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Attendees

Present
francois, adam, EdC, jo, SeanP
Regrets
kai, yeliz, miguel
Chair
Jo
Scribe
Jo

Contents


Mobile Web Application Best Practices

LC-2412 — OWASP comment

jo: comments from open web apps security project, francois?

francois: they do have some best practices in this area, and have made some suggestions as to changes to the document
... not sure anything that is mobile specific, therefore probably out of scope

francois: proposed response via link above, any other views on this?

<EdC> Perhaps include the document in the list of references ?

adam: I agree with your response, wasn't sure whether we should link to or reference their document

francois: yes, it could be a good reference, not sure what this project is about, they are not really focussed on mobile
... so I suggest we emphasize that security is important

adam: our one remaining bp is not of itself specifically mobile

francois: think it is a bit more sensitive on mobile

<EdC> OK, another view are to consider BP that are not mobile specific, but become particularly relevant in a mobile context.

adam: OK, I did add in the mobile bit, and we did remove some others
... ideally we would drop this section, but if that is too much upheaval at this stage then your response is good

edc: best practices can be valid for both fixed and mobile but have a specific relevance to mobile

francois: yes that's why this one remains
... we should refrain from adding or removing best practices at the moment, there is a mobile twist to the one that remains

jo: don't want to make substantive changes at this point, not sure if adding a reference is an informative change

francois: this could just be a link to some examples to avoid making substantive reference change

<EdC> What is the status or relevance of the Open Web Application Security Project ? Established ? Any normative / standards production ?

jo: how about we resolve partial to this substantive comment and say we will make a non normative reference to some examples of security best practices?

<francois> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref. LC-2412, mark as substantive and resolve partial, pointing out that listing best practices that are not specific to mobile is out of scope of this document. Update the intro text to emphasize that all "desktop" security measures are applicable to the "mobile" context and that the best practice listed in this section is called out because of its specific mobile twist. Add wording along the lines of "example of such regular security best practices may be found at" with a reference to OWASP.

+1

<EdC> that all "desktop" security measures are applicable to the "mobile" context - not necessarily, perhaps replace all by most.

francois: I think that we should follow Kai's comment on the member list namely that we don't have the expertise, but that we'd want to emphasize the point in a future version of spec

<francois> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref. LC-2412, mark as substantive and resolve partial, pointing out that we don't have the expertise to select best practices related to security in this working group and that we focused on the most obvious one that was more particularly relevant to mobile. Future version of best practices should probably include more detailed security related best practices. Update the intro text to emphasize that all "desktop" security measures are

<francois> applicable to the "mobile" context and that the best practice listed in this section is called out because of its specific mobile twist. Add wording along the lines of "example of such regular security best practices may be found at" with a reference to OWASP.

<francois> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref. LC-2412, mark as substantive and resolve partial, pointing out that we don't have the expertise to select best practices related to security in this working group and that we focused on the most obvious one that was more particularly relevant to mobile. Future version of best practices should probably include more detailed security related best practices. Update the intro text to emphasize that most "desktop" security measures are applicable to the "mobile" context and that the best practice listed in this section is called out because of its specific mobile twist. Add wording along the lines of "example of such regular security best practices may be found at" with a reference to OWASP.

<francois> +1

<adam> +1

<EdC> +1

+1

<SeanP> +1

RESOLUTION: ref. LC-2412, mark as substantive and resolve partial, pointing out that we don't have the expertise to select best practices related to security in this working group and that we focused on the most obvious one that was more particularly relevant to mobile. Future version of best practices should probably include more detailed security related best practices. Update the intro text to emphasize that most "desktop" security measures are applicable to the "mobile" context and that the best practice listed in this section is called out because of its specific mobile twist. Add wording along the lines of "example of such regular security best practices may be found at" with a reference to OWASP.

<scribe> ACTION: Adam to circulate the proposed text ref LC-2412 to list [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action01]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-1063 - Circulate the proposed text ref LC-2412 to list [on Adam Connors - due 2010-08-31].

LC-2414 — Assistive technology based interaction (part 1)

<francois> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref. LC-2414, mark as editorial and resolve partial. Add a reference to assistive technology and voice controlled applications as examples of other types of possible interaction methods.

<EdC> +1

<adam> +1

<francois> +1

francois: other interaction methods do exist so we should point out as an editorial change that such other interaction methods, e.g. assistive input, do exist and that other methods can be expected to continue to arise

adam: are there any APIs for voice control

francois: not as such

jo: so we should elaborate the bit on other as-yet-undreamt-of interaction methods arising

<francois> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref. LC-2414, mark as editorial and resolve partial. Add a reference to assistive technology and voice controlled applications as examples of other types of possible interaction methods, noting that new interaction methods are likely to emerge in the future.

<adam> +1

<EdC> +1

+1

<francois> +1

<SeanP> +1

RESOLUTION: ref. LC-2414, mark as editorial and resolve partial. Add a reference to assistive technology and voice controlled applications as examples of other types of possible interaction methods, noting that new interaction methods are likely to emerge in the future.

<scribe> ACTION: adam to circulate proposed text on LC-2414 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action02]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-1064 - Circulate proposed text on LC-2414 [on Adam Connors - due 2010-08-31].

LC-2416 — Assistive technology based interaction (part 2)

<EdC> does "For mobile web applications that allow creation of web content," apply to user-generated content, or is it something else?

jo: so maybe a note saying that there is non specifically mobile best practice to be followed here - for example see (cited references)

<francois> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref LC-2416, mark as editorial and resolve partial. Add wording along the lines of "Other guidelines and best practices are available. For instance, WCAG2.0". Do not reference ATAG as it's for authoring tools implementers and not Web developers.

<EdC> +1

+1

<francois> +1

<adam> +1

<SeanP> +1

RESOLUTION: ref LC-2416, mark as editorial and resolve partial. Add wording along the lines of "Other guidelines and best practices are available. For instance, WCAG2.0". Do not reference ATAG as it's for authoring tools implementers and not Web developers.

LC-2415 — Size of a fingertip

<EdC> The e.g. in the original text allows the utilization of other measurement units such as em, ex (in CSS)...

<scribe> ACTION: Adam to enact LC-2416 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action03]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-1065 - Enact LC-2416 [on Adam Connors - due 2010-08-31].

<francois> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref LC-2415, mark as editorial and resolve yes. Replace 30px by physical size of a fingertip.

<adam> +1

+1

<EdC> +1

<francois> +1

<SeanP> +1

RESOLUTION: ref LC-2415, mark as editorial and resolve yes. Replace 30px by physical size of a fingertip.

<scribe> ACTION: adam to enact LC-2415 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action04]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-1066 - Enact LC-2415 [on Adam Connors - due 2010-08-31].

LC-2413 — Focus based browser jumps from element to element

francois: (discussion of proposed resolution)

<francois> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref. 2413, mark as editorial and resolve partial. Update the text to read "The browser focus jumps from element to element". Leave the example "from link to link" in 3.5.3.2 intact though as it's a good example of mobile browser behavior.

<adam> +1

+1

<francois> +1

<EdC> +1

RESOLUTION: ref. 2413, mark as editorial and resolve partial. Update the text to read "The browser focus jumps from element to element". Leave the example "from link to link" in 3.5.3.2 intact though as it's a good example of mobile browser behavior.

<SeanP> +1

<scribe> ACTION: adam to enact resolution on LC-2413 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action05]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-1067 - Enact resolution on LC-2413 [on Adam Connors - due 2010-08-31].

LC-2407 — sms URI scheme

<EdC> Unfortunately, sms and smsto are both very widespread...

francois: implementations seem to vary widely from device to device and so this would be hard to recommend

adam: would be useful for developers to know about

francois: but not a good example today of "other uri schemes" since it may not work

adam: more useful to put in with a health warning than to leave it out

francois: OK

<francois> PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref LC-2407, mark as editorial and resolve yes. Mention the sms URI scheme with a link to the appropriate RFC with a warning that implementation vary very widely.

<adam> +1

<EdC> .. and that other schemes serve the same purpose e.g. smsto:

<EdC> +1

+1

<francois> +1

<SeanP> +1

RESOLUTION: ref LC-2407, mark as editorial and resolve yes. Mention the sms URI scheme with a link to the appropriate RFC with a warning that implementation vary very widely.

<scribe> ACTION: Adam to enact resolution to LC-2407 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action06]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-1068 - Enact resolution to LC-2407 [on Adam Connors - due 2010-08-31].

<EdC> OK with me.

LC-2408 — Decorative images and CSS sprites

edc: it doesn't have to be strictly decorative, for example sprited stars with rankings in may be used to convey information

jo: and that's OK as long as the alt text is adjusted to reflect the information content

<SeanP> You may want to removet the "background images" text from Francois' resolution since you can't put alt text on background images (I don't think)

<EdC> Basically - if decorative, no problem. If informational, remind developer that alt="..." become impossible, then some other alternative must be envisioned (such as explicit text in the page).

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref LC-2408 resolve as editorial and partial, add a reminder that informational images really require an alt= on them

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: ref LC-2408 resolve as editorial and partial, add a reminder that informational image require alternative text (whereas decorative images don't)

<francois> +1

<EdC> +1

+1

<SeanP> +1

RESOLUTION: ref LC-2408 resolve as editorial and partial, add a reminder that informational image require alternative text (whereas decorative images don't)

<adam> +1

<scribe> ACTION: adam to enact resolution to LC-2408 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action07]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-1069 - Enact resolution to LC-2408 [on Adam Connors - due 2010-08-31].

francois: we are still in need of a couple of extra implementation reports, in any case once the changes are made let's push the document forward
... it would be better to have only green status on them

CT Guidelines

jo: still need implementation reports

<EdC> Problem is that people with action points to inquire about implementation reports are not present today...

francois: we haven't received anything from anyone

seanp: this has been escalated in my organisation
... should know next week

francois: we need to move forward mid-September
... as the PR stage must last 4 weeks at a minimum

jo: so the drop dead date for implementation reports is then

AOB

<EdC> Yes - when will the gateway be in order?

francois: this is being "actively" investigated

jo: can I recommend an alternative VOIP provider

francois: yes
... I will forward the message to them?

Summary of Action Items

[NEW] ACTION: adam to circulate proposed text on LC-2414 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action02]
[NEW] ACTION: Adam to circulate the proposed text ref LC-2412 to list [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action01]
[NEW] ACTION: adam to enact LC-2415 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action04]
[NEW] ACTION: Adam to enact LC-2416 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action03]
[NEW] ACTION: adam to enact resolution on LC-2413 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action05]
[NEW] ACTION: Adam to enact resolution to LC-2407 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action06]
[NEW] ACTION: adam to enact resolution to LC-2408 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/08/24-bpwg-minutes.html#action07]
 
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