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52 mentions on Hacker News by 35 people: 3 stories, 49 comments · first 2023-05-24 · latest 2026-09-16

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  1. …in order to defend this status quo. eg: https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/1245 https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/619 Take care. And keep that math not mathing!
    comment by nchmy · 2026-09-16 · in The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week
  2. …this was a pretty good read, noting indeed that this is a parallel new way to define accessibility. https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/670 I'd also throw in schema.org Potential Actions as longstanding precedent for…
    comment by jauntywundrkind · 2026-08-26 · in WebMCP: Teaching Your Website to Talk to AI Agents
  3. I really like the general idea of webmcp. The apple position was a remarkable read though, wow! https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/670#iss... There's some real fundamental things they say that I also strongly agree with.…
    comment by jauntywundrkind · 2026-06-06 · in WebMCP Registry – a public index for WebMCP tool contracts
  4. …that out-of-order streaming does: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1370 https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/629
    comment by JimDabell · 2026-05-24 · in API proposed by Chrome: Declarative partial updates
  5. …did vote in favor of it. Apple WebKit is officially in favor of it, as of just a few days ago. https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/628
    comment by dfabulich · 2026-05-24 · in API proposed by Chrome: Declarative partial updates
  6. …case a step in the wrong direction. — https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1076 — https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/630 As far as I can see, nobody outside of Google has committed to implementing this.
    comment by JimDabell · 2026-05-20 · in HTML-in-Canvas Demos
  7. …There were async discussions like https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1213 and https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/495 . (Side note, I love the contrast between Mozilla's helpful in-depth feedback and…
    comment by domenicd · 2026-04-27 · in The Prompt API
  8. For now, but accepted and planned for future releases by both Safari ( https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/160 ) & Firefox ( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1882979 ).
    comment by pimterry · 2026-02-24 · in Dictionary Compression is finally here, and it's ridiculously good
  9. …push ahead with our implementation in Chromium, continuing to iterate with your feedback in mind. https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/545#iss...
    comment by cube00 · 2026-01-20 · in The <Geolocation> HTML Element
  10. …risk, and perhaps most importantly doesn't meet the web platform's device-independence bar. — https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/570#iss... > Because many USB devices are not designed to handle potentially-malicious…
    comment by JimDabell · 2025-12-24 · in Fifty problems with standard web APIs in 2025
  11. …their official positions are absent: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1167 https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/453 And Firefox’s bug for implementing it has no activity:…
    comment by JimDabell · 2025-12-05 · in CSS now has an if() conditional function
  12. …attacker leaks due to this, revealing origins that you visit that use this functionality to them. — https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/14 If you look at the spec. it has “Unofficial draft” displayed very prominently all…
    comment by JimDabell · 2025-10-09 · in PWA Browser Scorecards
  13. …, implemented on Android from M71 and desktop from M89. WebKit: standards position is neutral < https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/11 >, and https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194593 shows plenty of developer…
    comment by chrismorgan · 2025-08-22 · in What about using rel="share-url" to expose sharing intents?
  14. …Apple had a vague “interested” position over three years ago, with no further detail: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/309 Have these positions changed?
    comment by JimDabell · 2025-07-29 · in Sign in with Google in Chrome
  15. - https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/309 - https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/618
    comment by captn3m0 · 2025-07-29 · in Sign in with Google in Chrome
  16. …API with cross-browser compatibility. https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/154 https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/28
    comment by uallo · 2025-07-22 · in How to Firefox
  17. …the arguments Mozilla have against it. Safari/webkit is positive (though no official stance yet): https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/339#iss...
    comment by sandstrom · 2025-06-25 · in Web Translator API
  18. …both Firefox and WebKit oppose it. https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/908#is... https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/270#iss...
    comment by madeofpalk · 2025-06-15 · in An origin trial for a new HTML <permission> element (2024)
  19. …the ability to attach screenshots to a Progressive Web App manifest for use in an install prompt: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/49 The stated reason is because the screenshot could be malicious and made to look like…
    comment by afavour · 2025-06-13 · in WebKit Standards Positions
  20. …for blocking this: https://wicg.github.io/private-network-access/ It gained support from WebKit: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/163 …and Mozilla: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/143 …and it was…
    comment by JimDabell · 2025-06-03 · in Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android
  21. …for blocking this: https://wicg.github.io/private-network-access/ It gained support from WebKit: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/163 …and Mozilla: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/143 …and it was…
    comment by JimDabell · 2025-06-03 · in Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android
  22. …https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1060 We're only waiting on Safari now: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/386
    comment by spartanatreyu · 2025-04-01 · in The <select> element can now be customized with CSS
  23. …https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/336 And here is the WebKit discussion: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/199
    comment by JimDabell · 2025-03-14 · in I-cant-believe-its-not-webusb: Hacking around lack of WebUSB support in Firefox
  24. …security concerns raised in their standards position issue, thus the concerns: security label. — https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/68 > Because many USB devices are not designed to handle potentially-malicious…
    comment by JimDabell · 2025-03-14 · in I-cant-believe-its-not-webusb: Hacking around lack of WebUSB support in Firefox
  25. WebKit has taken a "support" position. https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/264
    comment by Kerrick · 2025-03-07 · in Introducing command And commandfor In HTML
  26. Start here I think: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/264
    comment by teh_klev · 2025-03-07 · in Introducing command And commandfor In HTML
  27. …security concerns raised in their standards position issue, thus the concerns: security label. — https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/68 > Because many USB devices are not designed to handle potentially-malicious…
    comment by JimDabell · 2025-02-05 · in Servo's progress in 2024
  28. …their github repo for "inputmode" (my example from before you posted) and couldn't find anything. https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues?q=input... I'd love to find out if anyone on the webkit project is aware of that part of…
    comment by do_not_redeem · 2024-11-18 · in Is Chrome the New IE? (2023)
  29. …https://github.com/krgovind/first-party-sets Here’s where WebKit was asked for their position on it: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/93 Here’s where Mozilla was asked for their position on it:…
    comment by JimDabell · 2024-11-15 · in Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe
  30. …glad that opposition is being highlighted. Apple's opposition comments are also worth reviewing: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/111
    comment by btown · 2024-09-16 · in Using the Topics API (Chrome Only, Opposed by Firefox/Safari)
  31. Request for positions on the topics API - https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/111 also mentioned in https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/622 The Register article on the topics api last year…
    comment by bryanrasmussen · 2024-09-15 · in Using the Topics API (Chrome Only, Opposed by Firefox/Safari)
  32. …com/mdn-api_customelementregistry_builtin_el... The reasoning for choosing not to support it is here: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/97#issu...
    comment by Joeri · 2024-08-24 · in The UX of HTML (2023)
  33. …ub.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/861 2: https://chromestatus.com/feature/5172892632875008 3: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/238 Love the shoutout to Roy Hashimoto. He's been writing VFSs for…
    comment by AlexErrant · 2024-07-17 · in How we sped up Notion in the browser with WASM SQLite
  34. …also has not yet implemented it and they want to wait for it to become stable then implement it. https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/167#iss...
    comment by _nalply · 2024-06-27 · in Flow Charts with CSS Anchor Positioning
  35. …and Apple have opted to not support this. https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/154 https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/28 Neither Mozilla or Webkit are satisfied that the proposal is safe by default, and…
    comment by madeofpalk · 2024-04-16 · in iOS404
  36. …was some more discussion in the webkit standards but looks like the answer is still unchanged: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/97
    comment by sphars · 2024-03-28 · in Show HN: Tiniest Web Component
  37. …position: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/154 Here is Apple’s position: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/28
    comment by JimDabell · 2024-02-02 · in The web just gets better with Interop 2024
  38. …in pixels, you just chose between thick, thin, or none, which match the existing native controls: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/133#iss... > To add more information to this issue. This property supports three values,…
    comment by madeofpalk · 2024-02-01 · in The web just gets better with Interop 2024
  39. Apple puts their policy positions on GitHub too. It's just where this is done for some reason: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions
    comment by kevingadd · 2024-01-27 · in Mozilla thinks Apple, Google, Microsoft should play fair
  40. I don't know the timeline, but Apple has committed [1] to adding WebTransport support to WebKit. [1]: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/18#issu...
    comment by englishm · 2023-10-30 · in Replacing WebRTC: real-time latency with WebTransport and WebCodecs
  41. Not yet but one day: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/18#issu...
    comment by kixelated · 2023-10-25 · in quic.video - Live Media over QUIC
  42. …m/WICG/webcomponents/issues/509#issuecommen... [2] https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182671 [3] https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/97 [4] https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/custom-elements.html#...
    comment by inopinatus · 2023-08-02 · in If Web Components are so great, why am I not using them?
  43. …of the proposal. - WebKit is not committed to a position, but has mentioned several concerns ( https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/234 ): "We have Private Access Tokens (aka Privacy Pass) for some of the claimed use cases…
    comment by nneonneo · 2023-07-26 · in Unpacking Google’s Web Environment Integrity specification
  44. …neither have been responded to. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/753 [2] https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/142
    comment by dhx · 2023-07-25 · in Mozilla Standards Positions Opposes Web Integrity API
  45. https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/234
    comment by jer0me · 2023-07-25 · in Mozilla Standards Positions Opposes Web Integrity API
  46. …concrete problems with the Topics API (if “but why should it even exist at all?” wasn’t enough): https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/111 https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/622…
    comment by chrismorgan · 2023-07-13 · in New in Chrome 115
  47. …and WebKit: https://chromestatus.com/newfeatures https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/ https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions
    comment by krono · 2023-06-21 · in I post when browser makers announce their intent to ship features in web engines
  48. …HTTP proxies in between. EDIT: Added link to exact label. [0] https://caniuse.com/webtransport [1] https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/18#issu...
    comment by wg0 · 2023-06-14 · in WebKit is going to support WebTransport
  49. https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/698 https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/74 Hmm. I wish some other ones got as warm of a reception as this one.
    comment by benatkin · 2023-05-24 · in Popover API