- From: Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:21:22 +0100
- To: "Richard Schwerdtfeger" <schwer@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: "WAI PF public" <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Hi Rich, On 19/06/07, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com> wrote: > One of the areas we need to look at is IFrames. User agents will need to > find ways to make IFrame mashups usable. We will increasingly see IFrames > used to isolate contents (in support of security) by using IFrames. IFrames > are typically treated as separate documents. This discussion impact authors > and people working on the style guide. > > http://ajaxian.com/archives/subspace-enabling-trusted-cross-domain-ajax Wouldn't it be better to encourage authors to use the object element, and encourage user agent vendors to treat data for the object element as a separate document (for example, raising a navigate event when data is replaced, so that it's reported correctly to an accessibility API)? The IFrame element isn't included in HTML 4.01 Strict or XHTML 1.0 Strict, whereas the object element is. The object element would be perfect for the job with better user agent support, without requiring existing and future specifications to be fractured to compensate for poor user agents. Best regards, Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.com
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