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