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  1. …harmful to the openness of the Web ecosystem and are not good for users. The full response is here: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852#is...
    comment by cpeterso · 2023-07-26 · in Google is already pushing WEI into Chromium
  2. …up again, here are my thoughts on the spec: - Mozilla is already publicly and officially opposed ( https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852#is... ), on principle ("Any browser, server, or publisher that implements common…
    comment by nneonneo · 2023-07-26 · in Unpacking Google’s Web Environment Integrity specification
  3. > Mozilla opposes this proposal because it contradicts our principles and vision for the Web. https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852 I guess they would.
    comment by capableweb · 2023-07-26 · in Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible
  4. …outline which goals are objectionable and why. Mozilla folks did a good job at articulating that in https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852#is ... Well, you asked for it, so here goes. WEI (IIUC) requires (at least the…
    comment by nobody9999 · 2023-07-25 · in So, you don't like a web platform proposal
  5. …which goals are objectionable and why . Mozilla folks did a good job at articulating that in https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852#is... A couple of things I should've included in that post and didn't: * It's important…
    comment by yoavweiss_ · 2023-07-25 · in So, you don't like a web platform proposal
  6. …was raised in February for both Mozilla[1] and WebKit[2] and 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
  7. Given TFA, it looks like you can ask Mozilla for a position by opening a GitHub issue at https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions
    comment by CaliforniaKarl · 2023-07-25 · in Mozilla Standards Positions Opposes Web Integrity API
  8. …[5] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... [6] https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852#is...
    comment by urda · 2023-07-25 · in Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
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    Mozilla Standards Positions Opposes Web Integrity API
    story by danShumway · 2023-07-25 · 323 comments
  10. Mozilla just took position against this DRM API: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852#is... Also, Firefox just passed ahead of Chrome on some JS speed benchmark, so you should get ready to switch back!
    comment by fabrice_d · 2023-07-25 · in Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
  11. …it even exist at all?” wasn’t enough): https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/111 https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/622 https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/726
    comment by chrismorgan · 2023-07-13 · in New in Chrome 115
  12. …extension for that but not the bookmarking I was looking for.) A discussion about it is on GitHub: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/194 And there's some discussions on Reddit which are currently dead and I didn't…
    comment by 12907835202 · 2023-06-18 · in Ask HN: Why isn't bookmarking scroll position a thing?
  13. 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
  14. Mozilla is neutral on JPEG XL: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/522#is...
    comment by joveian · 2023-04-17 · in FSF Slams Google over Dropping JPEG-XL in Chrome
  15. I was curious about Mozilla's stance on the API. They have a GH issue for it: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/677 but it's not finalized yet. View the very interesting dashboard here:…
    comment by afraca · 2023-04-11 · in Htmx 1.9.0 has been released
  16. …gives a good summary of takes form both ends and why they decided their position was neutral https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/522#is...
    comment by zamadatix · 2023-03-18 · in JPEG-XL vs. AVIF and Others: 27 Images Compared
  17. …[2] https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/... [3] https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues?q=anch...
    comment by jefftk · 2023-03-01 · in Tether elements to each other with CSS anchor positioning
  18. Not implemented in Firefox yet, but they like it: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/695 They're tracking work in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1648037
    comment by jefftk · 2023-02-16 · in WebKit Supports Nested CSS
  19. Thankfully Firefox recently changed their stance from "Neutral" to "Positive". https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/pull/740 > Neutral stance: We're not convinced that the complexity this feature introduces upon the HTML parser…
    comment by j79 · 2023-02-13 · in Declarative Shadow DOM
  20. …usb port your device is connected to and "install." Bam, done. Firefox team views it as insecure: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/336
    comment by cronix · 2023-02-03 · in Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now
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    Mozilla concludes that JPEG-XL is not for them
    story by Strom · 2023-01-31 · 16 comments
  22. …think it's an acceptable outcome for the web platform to have that many ways to work with files" :) https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/481 This one never saw the light of day.
    comment by dmitriid · 2023-01-13 · in SQLite Wasm in the browser backed by the Origin Private File System
  23. …point. For the more general part of File System Access Mozilla's and Safari's positions are: nope. https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/154 There was also Storage Foundation API but it was thankfully never shipped (it was…
    comment by dmitriid · 2023-01-12 · in SQLite Wasm in the browser backed by the Origin Private File System
  24. …is shipped by default. What was the input from other browsers? Here's the timeline for HID: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/459#is... Constructible Stylesheets: the spec contained a trivially reproducible race…
    comment by dmitriid · 2023-01-12 · in SQLite Wasm in the browser backed by the Origin Private File System
  25. …standards. Edit. As to "then someone writes a standard". This also happens. See Web HID timeline: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/459#is... Same happened to WebRTC, by the way. Stable spec version was finally complete…
    comment by dmitriid · 2022-12-16 · in Web apps could de-monopolize mobile devices
  26. …by default in 2016, and which still had issues in 2019 that both Firefox and Safari objected to: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/214 No idea what their position on it is now. And so on and so forth. But these articles…
    comment by dmitriid · 2022-12-03 · in Wasmer takes WebAssembly libraries mainstream with WAI
  27. …codecs have been developed. I'd like to highlight two things there: My arguments for JPEG XL: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/522#is... -- it comes with links to 3rd party evidence of the somewhat outrageous but…
    comment by JyrkiAlakuijala · 2022-11-03 · in The case for JPEG XL
  28. …[2] - https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/using/hdr-output.html [3] - https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/522#is... [4] - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1539075#c23 [5] - https://github.com/exifto
    comment by peppermint_gum · 2022-10-31 · in Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110
  29. …For example, there is no way to get the URL if the protocol is `file://`. For a real world example: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/194#is... See the stack overflow issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67039633/g…
    comment by Zamicol · 2022-09-06 · in Deviations from Chromium (features we disable or remove)
  30. …features please tell me one. Easy. The most obvious/glaring one is WebHID. Enjoy the timeline: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/459 It's not just HID, of course. All/most of the hardware APIs are considered harmful by…
    comment by dmitriid · 2022-06-24 · in Apple is not defending browser engine choice
  31. …a bit strong in my accusations, because these people are doing bad, & uncompromisingly so. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/pull/368/file... [2] https://microbit.org/get-started/user-guide/web-usb/ [3]…
    comment by rektide · 2022-06-09 · in What’s new in Safari and WebKit
  32. …& "Intent to Prototype". Ah yes. "Responsible". Here's a prime example of responsibility: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/459 > Chrome wants & believes in an alive standards making process, in advancing, carefully,…
    comment by dmitriid · 2022-06-08 · in What’s new in Safari and WebKit
  33. …will serve the majority of web bundles, allowing them to see what sites the user is visiting. https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/264 https://www.ghacks.net/2020/08/30/google-proposed-web-bundle...
    comment by milkey_mouse · 2022-04-23 · in $34M permanently locked into AkuDreams contract forever due to bad code
  34. …(three years ago). Refs: - https://research.securitum.com/security-analysis-of-portal-e... - https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/157
    comment by lol768 · 2022-04-06 · in Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets that have been deleted
  35. …three years ago Firefox's position was also largely negative due to unresolved security issues: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/58 It's possible those issues are now resolved, that's why it's making its way into…
    comment by dmitriid · 2022-03-15 · in New WebKit features in Safari 15.4
  36. Someone linked "Request for position" on these APIs: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/519#is... Here's Mozilla's response: --- start quote --- 4x4 transforms: There are a bunch of implementation concerns here (and…
    comment by dmitriid · 2022-03-04 · in It's always been you, Canvas2D
  37. > 1. ctx.roundRect() ... Note: I can't find mention of .roundRect() in the MDN documentation. https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/519#is... raised some questions about the addition of .roundRect(); I don't know if any…
    comment by jfk13 · 2022-03-04 · in It's always been you, Canvas2D
  38. …Or maybe look at the status of the APIs you so ardently defend. Example, WebHID timeline: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/459#is... etc. > It's also really important to be specific as to why the behaviour is harmful…
    comment by dmitriid · 2022-03-02 · in Open Web Advocacy
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    File System Access API
    story by bachmeier · 2022-02-05 · 0 comments
  40. …was had regarding this feature in Firefox[1] before brazenly claiming it's an obsolete browser. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/194
    comment by circularfoyers · 2021-12-10 · in Show HN: Deeplinks.js – Simple deep links to selections of text on your website
  41. …of the standard - asks other browser vendors for their position on "emerging standard". Example, https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/459 - ignores feedback, and enables by default (see link above) - advertises as fait…
    comment by dmitriid · 2021-12-01 · in Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony
  42. …feature [1], it comes at no surprise that major products are dropping Firefox compatibility. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/154
    comment by kushan2020 · 2021-10-26 · in Photoshop’s journey to the web
  43. …what is even the point of Firefox? (Disclaimer, I work on Firefox but I know anything about specs.) https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/453
    comment by mccr8 · 2021-09-23 · in Mozilla says Chrome’s latest feature enables surveillance
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    Request for Mozilla Position on an Emerging Web Specification
    story by Hard_Space · 2021-09-22 · 0 comments
  45. …a Google specific thing. It's worth to note that Mozilla's position on this proposal is "harmful": https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/552
    comment by zebracanevra · 2021-09-16 · in Chrome user agent string reduction
  46. …storage/file api proposals, at least one of them is already in stable Chrome... it's a mess. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/481 [2] https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2021-February/...
    comment by dmitriid · 2021-08-13 · in A future for SQL on the web
  47. …pushes (and ships) "standards" so bad other browser developers can't even understand them [1] [1] https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/459 Edit: grammar and typos
    comment by dmitriid · 2021-07-25 · in Hobson's Browser: How Apple, Facebook and Google broke the mobile browser market
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    Downgrade User Agent Client Hints to 'harmful'
    story by ronancremin · 2021-07-13 · 111 comments
  49. …and releases them against any objections. See WebHID as the best example of this: Issue https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/459#is... and timeline https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27512354
    comment by dmitriid · 2021-06-15 · in IndexedDB is completely broken in latest Safari
  50. …by Googlers only (sometimes with egregious disregard for standards work, see WebHID [1]). [1] Issue https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/459#is... and timeline https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27512354
    comment by dmitriid · 2021-06-15 · in IndexedDB is completely broken in latest Safari