- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:19:27 -0500
- To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Cc: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 17:40 +0000, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: > aloha, anne! > > a few observations on your reply to steven faulkner: > > quote > Overall, I don't think we should take these principles too strongly and > just see them as one of the many inputs the HTML 5 specification has. As > the HDP document says, these are rules of thumb. > unquote > > 1. why have a principles document if we shouldn't take them too "strongly" > and seriously? I wonder if you're mis-reading what he wrote. Taking design principles too seriously means, for example, applying them blindly without considering other relevant information. He didn't say "don't take them very seriously"; he said "too seriously". > 2. if the principles document isn't a high priority for you, anne, why > not let someone else edit the document? That is grossly out of line. Anne has done nothing to prevent anyone else from editing the document. On the contrary, he has contributed in ways that noone else (save perhaps mjs) has been willing to do. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ gpg D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E
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