- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:29:22 +0200
- To: "Doug Schepers" <schepers@w3.org>, www-dom@w3.org
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:04:43 +0200, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote: > Anne van Kesteren wrote (on 9/20/09 4:39 AM): >> FWIW, I do find it somewhat confusing. I'm mostly familiar with this >> term due to HTML4 and there the end result was that UAs had to implement >> the deprecated features. This might not be the meaning HTML4 gave to it, >> I wouldn't know, but that is what it effectively meant. > > I suspect that was more of a market decision by browsers than a matter > of specification conformance. Regardless, due to the HTML4 Transitional profile that is how many authors perceive it too. I just checked HTML4 and it says this about deprecated: "User agents should continue to support deprecated elements for reasons of backward compatibility." That does not seem to match what you want. -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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