https://wiki.whatwg.org/index.php?title=Best_Practices_for_Implementors&feed=atom&action=historyBest Practices for Implementors - Revision history2024-03-29T05:14:51ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://wiki.whatwg.org/index.php?title=Best_Practices_for_Implementors&diff=9624&oldid=prevAnnevk: /* Adding new features */ link mailing list2014-06-26T16:59:10Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Adding new features: </span> link mailing list</span></p>
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</table>Annevkhttps://wiki.whatwg.org/index.php?title=Best_Practices_for_Implementors&diff=9623&oldid=prevHixie at 16:53, 26 June 20142014-06-26T16:53:05Z<p></p>
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</table>Hixiehttps://wiki.whatwg.org/index.php?title=Best_Practices_for_Implementors&diff=9622&oldid=prevHixie: Created page with "== Adding new features == * Before adding a new feature, even one that's as simple as a new <meta> value, please ensure you have discussed it with other browser vendors. Y..."2014-06-26T16:52:52Z<p>Created page with "== Adding new features == * Before adding a new feature, even one that's as simple as a new <meta> value, please ensure you have discussed it with other browser vendors. Y..."</p>
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* If you're adding a feature that's not in a spec, make sure to first address any concerns that the relevant spec's editor may have. You might have missed some reason why it's not in the spec. If the spec's editor has given reasons why the feature is a bad idea, but you think you should implement it anyway, make sure to make this clear in public both to the editor in question and to other browser vendors.<br />
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** If there are multiple specs that could apply, e.g. because it cross multiple topics or because the spec in question is forked, make sure to raise it with all the relevant editors, not just one of them.</div>Hixie