Re: [csswg-drafts] [selectors] Petition to change the "active" pseudo-class to "pressed" (#12769)

I have to agree with @Loirooriol, it's too late (by a couple decades) to make this change.

I'll note that in the early Internet era, `:active` in some implementations continued to match while the link was loading or while its targetted element (for #fragment links) was still the targetted fragment. It's a bit disappointing that it's degenerated to "while mouse down" on any element at this point.

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