Re: WebPlatform Browser Support Info

Hi Tobie,

This is great!

I do have some issues I would like to see incorporated or changed, but overall I think this should work very well.

On a quick glance I noticed the following things:

1)	It might be nice to be able to store other headers with the UA string for test. This would allow a more accurate identification in the future
2)	For browser identification of features I�d like to add a type, so it is possible to quickly see if the result is for mobile, tablet, desktop or other types of devices.
3)	For browser identification of features I�d also like to be able to make os and device optional. 

I�ll have some more time to look at it tomorrow.

Cheers,

Niels
html5test.com


On 24 Oct 2013, at 00:14, Tobie Langel <tobie@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Pushed the first (unfinished) draft of a "counter" proposal[1]. I did this for two reasons:
> 
> 1) it's a lot harder to come up with a coherent proposal than to open 25 issues against someone else's,
> 2) I was under the impressions that I wasn't able to convey the overall organization I had in mind either through the mailing list or through the bug tracker.
> 
> The goal of this proposal isn't to replace Ronald's but to understand better the different perspectives so we can move towards consensus.
> 
> Right now it focuses mainly on:
> 
> - defining the UA part,
> - establishing a distinction between raw data (Test results) and interpreted data (Feature Support),
> - removing the url proxying.
> 
> In retrospect, I think that the main issues I have with Ronald's proposal have to do with the excessive (and unnecessary) use of identifiers and the use of test related terminology to describe what is essentially feature support info.
> 
> It is probable that I will end up with a two leveled proposal:
> 
> 1. UA string - test case - spec - test result (raw data)
> 2. UA object - Feature Support - Feature (interpreted data)
> 
> Where moving from one level to the other requires either code transformation (UA parsing) or interpretation.
> 
> Comments welcomed.
> 
> --tobie
> ---
> [1]: http://tobie.github.io/webplatform-browser-compat
>

Received on Wednesday, 23 October 2013 22:58:29 UTC