Re: DOM4 Core

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Jonas Sicking wrote:
> >
> > I just don't want to end up in a situation where a feature is 
> > implemented almost everywhere but not in the spec.
> 
> So does this mean that you'll add back Theora if it's implemented in 
> Opera, Mozilla and Chrome? ;)
>
> My point is that you're inconsistent here. Previously a feature hasn't 
> been put in the spec if some vendor says that they won't implement it. 
> In this case you seem to be doing the opposite, and not remove it from 
> the spec unless all major vendors agree to remove it.
> 
> I sent a formal request to have .tags removed from HTMLCollection to the 
> whatwg list.

I think there's a difference between 4 out of 5 and 3 out of 5; and I 
think there's a difference between one spec requiring that another spec be 
implemented, and one spec including or not including a feature.

If browsers support something, then we want them to do it in an 
interoperable way, which means that there needs to be a spec for that 
feature. There _is_ a spec for Theora, the question is just whether it 
should be implemented or not. With tags(), there is no other spec.

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