The HTML “ping” attribute is disabled in Firefox

https://webplatform.news/issues/2019-04-15

by SimeVidas • 7 years ago

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redwall_hp• 7 years ago

Good. uBlock Origin also has a feature that disables this spyware.

comex3• 7 years ago

Great, and instead you get to go through a redirect which tracks the same information but is slower.

anoncake3• 7 years ago

So at least sites that spy on their users will have a worse UX than before. That is an improvement, though a small one.

howiroll• 7 years ago

Ugh. With datalist values (Which hasn’t been fixed for 6 years) and another breakage of web standard by firefox I’ve seen, in a week. Can’t believe firefox actually insulted Internet Explorer for rigging standards.

What’s the point of disabling it when you can mimic the feature with javascript?

comex3• 7 years ago

FYI, you appear to be shadowbanned.

adontz• 7 years ago

I really cannot get why reverting to JavaScript is better. I believe Mozilla people are professional and know what they do, but some explanation would be welcome.

dininski• 7 years ago

This clearly shows the different priorities for Google and Mozilla, amid the current feud.

Mozilla is advocating towards a free and open internet, where the web standards are not dictated by the monetization strategies du-jour. Meaning that ads and tracking are not inherent to the internet itself, but serve a more corporate interest.

This is where Google comes in. It feels more like they consider the internet more of a platform for business growth and are no longer that unbiased.

As an example - I wouldn't be surprised if at some point they start pushing for adding product metadata to the HTML spec, say a <product> tag. This would essentially change some of the semantics of the standard. Maybe a more generalized version of this: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/product

Just my 2¢.

The HTML “ping” attribute is disabled in Firefox

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