WebCompat Summit (2015)
What is the Web Compatibility Summit?
Web Compatibility is an ongoing concern for browser vendors, spec writers, language designers, framework authors, web developers and users alike.
Our goal in organizing a WebCompat Summit is to bring together individuals representing these stakeholders in order to share ideas and problems and to coordinate compatibility, testing and standardization efforts.
We plan to hold three 90 minute sessions, topically arranged as follows. If you would like to propose a 20 minute talk, or moderate a roundtable discussion for one of the sessions please email miket@mozilla.com.
Standards & Web Compatibility
Discussion related to web standardization efforts and how they relate to web compatibility. E.g., specifying legacy features, implementing non-standard features, conformance test suites, etc.
Testing, Tooling & Web Compatibility
Discussion related to automated testing, measuring or crawling the web to understand the impact of removing support for certain web platform features, etc.
Outreach & Web Compatibility
Discussion related to doing "evangelism" or outreach work as it relates to web compatibility.
When and Where
Date
Tuesday, February 17th, 2015.
Start time: 9:30am
End time: 5:00pm
Location
Mozilla Headquarters 331 E. Evelyn Ave. Mountain View, CA 94041
- Phone Number: +1 650 903 0800
- Access Details: Please check in at reception on the first floor.
- Map: https://goo.gl/maps/dy6SE
We have the Commons (110), Polaris (109) and Capella (108) rooms reserved.
Tentative Agenda
Location: MTV Commons
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 9:30am | Registration and Coffee |
| 10:00am | Welcome and Introductions |
| 10:15am-11:45 | Standards & Web Compatibility Session |
| 11:45am-1:30 | Lunch (will be catered in) |
| 1:30pm-3:00 | Testing, Tooling & Web Compatibility Session |
| 3:00pm-3:15 | Coffee & Snack Break |
| 3:15pm-4:45 | Outreach & Web Compatibility Session |
| 4:45pm-5:00 | Closing Remarks |
Location: Polaris or Capella
9:30 - 5:00pm Hack/work room available
Location: Polaris or Capella
9:30 - 5:00pm Unconference/breakout room available
Web Compatibility Issues
Here is a list of issues related to Web Compatibility. Feel free to add as potential topics of conversation.
Outreach
- Sharing contact information without breaching the privacy of the contact.
- Contact information will not necessary be valid for a long time. What about continuity? Proxy email addresses?
Web Standards and Regression
- When a Web browser delivers a new feature which is breaking the Web
- When a Web browser removes a feature which is breaking the Web
User agent sniffing
- Legacy detection scripts on the client side
- Multiple JS all doing a kind of detection
- Databases with old information about user agents.