Fwd: [mathjax-dev] Requesting feedback about usefulness of MathML

[Frédéric WANG]

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Subject: [mathjax-dev] Requesting feedback about usefulness of MathML
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 10:18:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Benoit Jacob <jacob.b...@gmail.com>
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Dear MathJax community:

There is a conversation at the moment on a Mozilla mailing list
regarding the usefulness of MathML:

http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.platform/browse_thread/thread/f7a759c358d74ef3#

Feedback from MathJax experts on this topic would be very valuable.

In particular on this question: is MathJax rendering any worse, or is
there any other kind of degradation, on browsers without MathML support?

Thanks,
Benoit

[William F Hammond]

Frédéric WANG <fred...@free.fr> writes:

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> Subject: [mathjax-dev] Requesting feedback about usefulness of MathML
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 10:18:39 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Benoit Jacob <jacob.b...@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: mathj...@googlegroups.com
> To: mathj...@googlegroups.com
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> Dear MathJax community:
>
> There is a conversation at the moment on a Mozilla mailing list
> regarding the usefulness of MathML:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.platform/browse_thread/thread/f7a759c358d74ef3#
>

Rather disappointing if not alarming.

It seems to be a long list of reasons by a Mozilla developer in
support of the proposition that Mozilla should discontinue its native
support for MathML.

The cited url failed for me. But go to
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.platform/
and look for the thread (more than 50 posts) -- that I don't
have time to read now.

-- Bill

[Arthur Ralfs]

It would be very disappointing to me if Firefox dropped MathML. However
the case for dropping it is being made by one developer, Benoit Jacob,
and, upon my somewhat cursory perusal of the thread, he doesn't seem to
get much support.

Thanks for the heads up on this.

Arthur Ralfs