RE: Including WOFF in ACID3

> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of John Hudson
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 10:47 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Including WOFF in ACID3
> 
> Håkon Wium Lie wrote:
> 
> >  > I'd like to see Acid 4 limit itself to actual W3C web
> recommendations.
> 
> > That would make the test much less valuable for interoperability
> > purposes. For example, JavaScript is essential for today's web apps
> > and it's not a W3C Rec. The same goes for TTF/OpenType, the payload
> > which WOFF carries.
> 
> That's reasonable, but I think the documentation of the test should
> clarify the status of the individual test objects, vis à vis web
> standards, and explain what is being tested and why. Testing handling
> of
> TTF/OTF as a delivered payload is different from giving the impression
> that the test requires a browser to support download of raw TTF/OTF
> files.

I strongly support that. Håkon and I chatted on the phone today and it is 
pretty clear that ACID3 is neither meant to be a conformance test nor an 
accurate reflection of real-world interop practices. Thus changes of this 
nature are neither really necessary nor desired. Unfortunate imo but that's
what we have.

I certainly support better clarity as to what these tests do and do not
measure. The ACID2 guide referenced by Håkon is a good example.

I consider the issue resolved on my end. Thanks!