Responsive image proposals gather pace

Designer and developer Mat Marquis has outlined on the W3C responsive images community group (RICG) the state of the <picture> specification. He reported on the group's new Twitter account (@respimg), its new formal home on GitHub, and where things stand regarding the specification. He said both <picture> and srcset are now being handled as 'extension specifications', developed independently of the HTML spec.

The two proposals are being worked on to be complementary, and there's hope browser representatives will collaborate. Marquis stated no decision-maker has the final word, as outlined in more depth by Marcos Caceres on the W3C mailing list. He added that there's now "steady progress on a long overdue solution to a very real problem" and that the community was "bringing about changes to the way the web is built".

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