Yeah, somebody shared the link with me and I didn't notice the date. My bad. That said, I'm glad to hear that Firefox isn't seriously considering dropping MathML!
Phil This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Jonathan Kingston <jkings...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > I'm going to say this isn't a plan I am aware of (the email you responded to > is pretty old and no know progression since then). > > Various bugs are still being raised about modern MathML support (stylo is a > new integration of servo's CSS rendering as part of the quantum project - > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Stylo) > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1339711 > > Secondly when working on a pref for the tor patch uplift to Firefox there > wasn't a notion that we should be removing MathML at all: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1173199 > > This change is just for Tor users who wish to increase their privacy by > removing a library which has known fingerprinting and exploits in the past. > > Thanks > Jonathan > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 4:51 PM, <motley.crue....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 11:38:39 AM UTC-4, Benoit Jacob wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Summary: MathML is a vestigial remnant of the XML-everything era, and we >> > should drop it. >> > >> >> This is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard floated around Mozilla, >> dating back to the days when releases were numbered M1, M2 and so on. >> MathML support is basically the ONLY regard in which Firefox has any real >> differentiator between itself and the rest of the browsers out there. >> Choosing to support MathML is one of the few examples of the Mozilla >> leadership group displaying any real vision and choosing to lead, rather >> than follow, in the browser market. If you drop MathML support, I say you >> might as well just cancel the Firefox project altogether. >> >> >> Phil >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-platform mailing list >> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
