Adding outstanding issues.
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+
+ <section>
+ <h2>Outstanding issues</h2>
+ <p>
+ The specification currently request the <dfn>user agent</dfn> to show
+ two properties: <code>bandwidth</code> and <code>metered</code>. Both
+ are currently facing some disagreements.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <code>bandwidth</code> is told to be hard to implement, can be quite
+ power-consuming to keep it up-to-date and its value might be unrelated
+ to the actual connection quality but could be affected by the server.
+ <br>
+ A solution to fix this would be to return non absolute values that
+ couldn't be easily abused and would be more simple to produce for the
+ <dfn>user agent</dfn>. For example, having a set of values like
+ <code>very-slow</code>, <code>slow</code>, <code>fast</code> and
+ <code>very-fast</code>.<br>
+ Another solution would be to have only values like
+ <code>very-slow</code>, <code>slow</code> and the empty string.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <code>metered</code> is also told to be hard to implement because
+ there is currently no standard way for the OS to know if the current
+ connection is metered but the idea of the specification is to leave
+ the implementation details to the <dfn>user agent</dfn>. That way, the
+ attribute could return a value based on a heuristic, on knowledge of
+ the current connection status or even by directly asking the user for
+ the information.<br>
+ It is interesting to point that Android 4.1 and Windows 8 both have a
+ way to check if the current connection is metered. Android is using a
+ boolean (isActiveNetworkMetered()) while Windows 8 allow the developer
+ to ask for different information (NetworkCostType,
+ ApproachingDataLimit, OverDataLimit, Roaming).
+ <!--
+ Android: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/ConnectivityManager.html#isActiveNetworkMetered%28%29
+ Windows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465399.aspx#adapt
+ -->
+ </p>
+ </section>
</section>
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