- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:54:37 -0700
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Cc: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Mar 30, 2010, at 2:30 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > I challenge the assertion that "the style attribute can be useful in > syndication". See: > > http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/06/12/how_to_consume_rss_safely > > Specifically, rules 9 and 10. Rule 10 is not a theoretical problem, > it is exactly the one that Mark used for a prank that got feed > consumers to recognize this problem. > > I opened bug 7468[1] for exactly this reason: > > "I intentionally use these attributes on my weblog as I know that > my entries will be syndicated, and that the alternatives (including > inline CSS) are clumsy and are less likely to survive the process > of syndication intact." > > Ian rejected it noting "works in all the browsers I tested". I > reopened it suggesting that if he wished to close it based on > testing with user agents, he actually test against the ones that are > mentioned in the bug report itself, and provided a link to a number > of them: I attached a test case to the bug. At least in Safari's built-in RSS reader, only the border attribute survived sanitization. Regards, Maciej
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