[Bug 15489] forms: <input type=email> validation needs to be updated for EAI

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15489

--- Comment #30 from Martin Dürst <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> ---
(In reply to Anne from comment #29)
> I would prefer if type=email did the correct thing. Providing opt-out for
> legacy systems seems better.

I would definitely prefer this, too, and it would definitely be the right thing
in the long run. But the problem is that currently, all but a few early
adapters are legacy, and that feeding a true EAI address into a legacy system
will create all sorts of tough errors (such as mail getting lost, programs
aborting, and so on).

So unfortunately, a new input type value or boolean attribute seems needed.

Given that we hope that in the (maybe far) future all email systems should
accept EAI addresses, a new type attribute that's as natural and unobtrusive as
possible seems preferable. I'd personally like to see something shorter than
type="email-i18n", some ideas would be type="iemail", type="imail", type="eai",
or removing the explicit i18n connection, maybe type="mail" or type="mailto" or
so.

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Received on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 10:39:35 UTC