Re: storage event

Jonas Sicking:
> What would be the observable difference if the event was not
> cancellable? If none, it would make sense to me to make it not
> cancellable to avoid the same confusion that you had.

You could notice that Event.cancelable is true if the event is defined
to be cancelable, even if there is no default action to cancel.

> I don't see any value in claiming that something is cancellable, which
> canceling has no effect. I'd even say that goes against the spirit of
> the DOM-Events spec.

Agreed.  Anne, what is the consistency that would be gained from the
event being cancelable?

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Received on Wednesday, 18 March 2009 23:00:44 UTC