Testing/Web & TV Testing Discussions/Improve Web Platform Consistency

From Web and TV IG

Use Case: Improve Web Platform Consistency

Submitter(s): Comcast (Mark Vickers)

Tracker Issue ID: ISSUE-58

Description:

  • Provide comprehensive test suites for HTML5 and related specifications to support fully portable web applications.


Motivation:

  • We need to maintain a consistent web app platform across all browsers and devices.
  • The cost of Web App support across browsers is still high. Each app company duplicates this cost, adding up to a huge expenditure.
  • The number of browsers and devices continues to increase.
  • Existing limited tests are focused on specification completion, not platform verification


Dependencies:

  • New tests, tests frameworks and client test support will be needed.


What needs to be standardized:

  • The user agent may need to standardize additional APIs for test hooks.
  • W3C should provide websites (webplatform.org?) and/or workshops to get requirements, priorities and bugs from the app community and library authors.
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