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Development Process
Adding New Features
To keep Canary as minimal as possible we adopt a conservative policy for what features are added to its specification. This is to avoid the feature-creep that plagues large UI and UX frameworks in the long run. The following reasons are general guidelines for what features should and should not be added to Canary.
Reasons to add a feature
The feature provides a clear benefit to a cultural class of users. For example, Arabic speakers will require that text can be rendered right-to-left.
The feature reduces the resource usage of scripts.
Reasons NOT to add a feature
The feature adds more complexity to the host than is removed from scripts.
The feature only applies to certain host configurations.
The feature can be effectively emulated in a script.