- From: Mark Birbeck <mark.birbeck@formsPlayer.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:27:57 +0100
- To: "Henri Sivonen" <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Cc: "HTMLWG WG" <public-html@w3.org>
Hi Henri, > Given that the language feature hasn't gained UA support in a decade, > I think it is time to reassess the demand for the feature and how > well the feature addresses the demand if there even is demand. See > also[2]. By that definition there would be no need to write any specifications, since whatever we already have is exactly what we wanted all along. :) If browsers had implemented everything that was useful in the various standards, then we wouldn't be in the middle of the Ajax revolution. The enormous number of useful features being implemented via script libraries--and the widespread use of these libraries--shows that there is a demand for more than current UAs deliver. But it's not as if the browser vendors haven't had an opportunity to implement much more...they've had years. Which means the *last* thing one should use as a yardstick by which to determine inclusion in a standard, is whether it has been adopted by one or other browser vendor! (Of course that doesn't mean that everything that _hasn't_ been adopted is by definition useful; it just means that the benchmark for usefulness has to lie elsewhere.) All the best, Mark -- Mark Birbeck, formsPlayer mark.birbeck@formsPlayer.com | +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 http://www.formsPlayer.com | http://internet-apps.blogspot.com standards. innovation.
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