Partitioned :visited links history

[kyraseevers]

Request for Mozilla Position on an Emerging Web Specification

• Specification title: Partitioning :visited links history
• Specification or proposal URL (if available): Partitioning :visited links history WICG/proposals#100
• Explainer URL (if available): https://github.com/kyraseevers/Partitioning-visited-links-history
• Proposal author(s) (@-mention GitHub accounts): @kyraseevers
• Caniuse.com URL (optional):
• Bugzilla URL (optional): https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1398414
• Mozillians who can provide input (optional):
• WebKit standards-position: Partitioning :visited links history WebKit/standards-positions#363

Other information

We would want to add this change to the CSS spec and will be working with @tabatkins as a spec mentor.

[emilio]

Generally positive as a concept and from the CSS side, though skeptic about the loss of functionality being acceptable for users.

[emilio]

To clarify, I think the security + performance benefits probably out-weight breaking some users' expectations in some cases, so I'd be happy going with a positive position here.

[martinthomson]

I agree with Emilio, this is generally worthwhile.

One piece of feedback here: please try to find a better venue for this work than WICG. Privacy CG might be willing to take this on, as that is where a lot of related work has been incubated. (Edit: though CSSWG is probably better now that I look more closely.)