Re: [css-om][css3-conditional] spaces, newlines and rule serialization from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2012-07-25 (www-style@w3.org from July 2012)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:53:10 -0700
To: Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com>
Cc: Florian Rivoal <florianr@opera.com>, www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDBUGaMH+A7Pt3UmDFwo=+1fFi-OzEmHafJHWeNi=fyREg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:
> Unless *all* major browsers produce exactly the same behavior, my position
> is that we can change to a more rational, standard behavior. Let's determine
> if there is universal agreement on behavior yet before adopting a position.

This is incorrect.  Major agreement should be followed unless it's
insane.  We only get freedom to change things arbitrarily when all
browsers have unique and different behavior, and even then we should
favor choosing the behavior of one of the browsers if possible.

~TJ

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