About this episode
François Daoust discusses the W3C's role and the browser standardization process.
François Daoust is a W3C staff member and co-chair of the Web Developer Experience Community Group. We discuss the W3C's role and what it's like to go through the browser standardization process. Related links W3C TC39 Internet Engineering Task Force Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) Horizontal Groups Alliance for Open Media What is MPEG-DASH? | HLS vs. DASH Information about W3C and Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) Widevine PlayReady Media Source API Encrypted Media Extensions API requestVideoFrameCallback() Business Benefits of the W3C Patent Policy web.dev Baseline Portable Network Graphics Specification Internet Explorer 6 CSS Vendor Prefix WebRTC Transcript You can help correct transcripts on GitHub . Intro [00:00:00] Jeremy: Today I'm talking to François Daoust. He's a staff member at the W3C. And we're gonna talk about the W3C and the recommendation process and discuss, François's experience with, with how these features end up in our browsers. [00:00:16] Jeremy: So, François, welcome. [00:00:18] François: Thank you Jeremy and uh, many thanks for the invitation. I'm really thrilled to be part of this podcast. What's the W3C? [00:00:26] Jeremy: I…
People in this episode
Host: Jeremy
Guest: François Daoust
Topics covered
- W3C
- browser standardization
- Web Developer Experience
Keywords
- W3C
- standardization
- web development
Mentioned in this episode
Products: W3C, W3C TC39 Internet Engineering Task Force, Internet Explorer 6
Places: US, EU
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