- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:54:11 -0500
- To: Justin James <j_james@mindspring.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 11:21 -0400, Justin James wrote: > I was reading over the discussion around the <applet> element, and I asked > myself, "what difference does it make if we break the applet tag? After all, > a page has to be deliberately changed in order to claim that it is HTML 5 > (via DOCTYPE), so it is not like we are actually breaking any existing > content." > > Am I wrong in this? If not, why are we so concerned about "breaking the > Web"? Does the explanation in the design principles document provide a satisfactory answer? 2.1. Support Existing Content http://www.w3.org/TR/html-design-principles/#support-existing-content -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ gpg D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E
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