Can the people who have concerns about the NetworkInformation API please provide the feedback to google on this blink-dev thread:
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/UVfNMH50aaQ/CXY6S39TBQAJ In particular, I think they tried to consider privacy in this part of the spec: https://wicg.github.io/netinfo/#privacy-considerations Thanks. Ben On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Eric Rescorla <e...@rtfm.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:31 PM, <mcace...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > > On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 12:51:10 AM UTC+11, Eric Rescorla > wrote: > > > I'm not really following this argument. Usually when a document has > been > > > floating > > > around a long time but clearly has basic design issues and can't get > > > consensus, > > > even when a major vendor has implemented it, that's a sign that it > > > *shouldn't* > > > be standardized until those issues are resolved. That's not standards > > > fatigue, > > > it's the process working as designed. > > > > The API addresses the use cases, but people here see those use cases as > > too basic because they don't represent average users (e.g., Boris' > somewhat > > esoteric network setup). Most people have wifi at home, which is somewhat > > unmetered - and access to mobile data, which often costs more (but not > > always true). > > > > The API, though ".type", allows the user and app to have a conversation > > about that: "you want me to download stuff over mobile? Its might cost > ya, > > but if you are ok with it...". > > > > I don't really think this addresses my argument, which is not about any of > the technical details, but is rather about whether we should adopt > something that's clearly not very good -- which it seems clear you are > conceding here -- just because it's been floating around a long time and > people are tired. > > -Ekr > _______________________________________________ > 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
