Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-text] Reconsider the initial value of the `text-autospace` property (#12386)

Yes, Safari 18.4 shipped `text-autospace: no-autospace` as the default, knowing that `normal` is the specified default. We did so with the awareness we can always change the default in the future. 

Doing it this way is a bit more conservative, more careful, getting `text-autospace` into the hands of authors in one step, and potentially turning it on for all content in the future as another step. Of course, there's always a concern about compat whenever the web changes existing defaults. We are the first browser to ship support, and we took a more conservative path. We watch as authors use it in Safari, and ensure things are going well.

Don't misunderstand Safari 18.4 as either a mistake of incompetence or a permanent decision. It's neither. 

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