On mån, 2008-07-07 at 19:31 -0400, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> > 0) The specifications makes sense and unambious to implement
>
> Assuming you meant "unambiguous", I agree.
I did. Always have a hard time spelling that word for some reason...
> So you're asking people to shoot themselves in the foot for the common good.
> While some may be willing to, in general that's a tough sell if the shooting is
> significant enough.
No I am not.
> Put another way, I can't think of a browser that would be willing to, say,
> sacrifice 5% of market share on this issue. I suspect sacrificing a single user
> is acceptable. The line is somewhere in between.
Yes. The rule is that you sacrifice some share to gain another part and
improve long term stability and reliability.
> > - Simplicity.
>
> Which is nice if possible, of course. Are we talking simplicity of
> specification, of implementation, or of deployment?
In this discussion at least specification and implementation. Usually
goes hand in hand.
Regards
Henrik