- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:04:29 +0900
- To: "public-html WG" <public-html@w3.org>, "Mark Nottingham" <mnot@mnot.net>
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:56:09 +0900, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote: > • Rationale: AppCache is clearly not of the same maturity and quality as > the rest of the HTML5 specification; take-up has been quite slow, and > it's often remarked that it's confusing and surprising to developers. > While the W3C is planning a workshop to help adoption, it's not at all > clear that AppCache is a suitable base for offline Web applications. > Furthermore, it is a clearly separable part of the HTML specification. A. It is widely implemented and used quite a bit too. B. It integrates quite deeply with document loading, navigation, and HTML parsing. It is not clearly separable. > • Proposal Details: > 1. "Cut Offline Web applications" from the HTML5 specification, > along with all references to it. > 2. Create a new WD and paste the cut text into it as a separate, > standalone draft. Note that W3C has already published a draft at > <http://www.w3.org/TR/offline-webapps/>, so this would effectively be > reverting its incorporation into HTML5. These details do not address point B above. -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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