Re: Contenteditable spec still alive?

Hi Ben,

Very sorry to see you go! Best of luck to you and thank-you for
spearheading this effort.

Cheers, Oliver.

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 1:36 AM Ben Peters <ben.bloomington@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the delayed correspondence on this. I am in fact no longer at
> Microsoft. I believe they are going to have someone take over for me, but I
> was waiting for more info before sending out details. I will leave it to
> Ade at this point.
>
> It was great working with all of you, and good luck!
>
> Ben
>
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 10:39 PM, Johannes Wilm <johannes@fiduswriter.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>> yes, I would like to edit the
>> http://w3c.github.io/editing-explainer/contentEditable.html
>> <http://w3c..github.io/editing-explainer/contentEditable.html> document
>> which, I guess, we are to define the behavior of contenteditable=typing .
>> In particular I would like to add sections on caret movement and some of
>> the issues that already have been resolved through discussions on github
>> and on this list.
>>
>> Unfortunately I will not be in the US this week. Meetings in Europe would
>> be very helpful, especially because so many f us are in Europe.
>>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:00 AM, <chaals@yandex-team.ru> wrote:
>>
>
>>>
>>> 06.04.2015, 00:20, "Johannes Wilm" <johannes@fiduswriter.org>:
>>>
>>> I am an invited expert in this group and I'd be willing to be one of
>>> several editors of this spec, but I don't think I'd have enough time to do
>>> it all by myself as I already am the editor of a spec in the CSSWG.
>>>
>>>
>>> Fair enough.
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> Also, I would think it would be important to have one, preferably
>>> several representatives from the browser makers among the spec editors, so
>>> chances are slightly higher that it will actually find its way into
>>> browsers eventually..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> True. Although given that the web relies on you guys for decent editors
>>> to a large extent, I think it's easier than you think to get traction.
>>>
>>>
>>> If Microsoft just replaces Ben with someone else as the only editor, I'd
>>> also support that.
>>>
>>>
>>> My impression is that they are looking for someone appropriate - i.e.
>>> they don't want to control all this through the editor (after all, they can
>>> do that with participation and being microsoft ;) ) but that they want this
>>> stuff to happen. If you would *like* to edit (or anyone else on the thread
>>> would) I'll check explicitly with Adrian Bateman at MS, who's the key guy
>>> for the discussion…
>>>
>>> thanks for keeping our noses to the grindstone. I actually think this
>>> work is *really* important and want it to keep moving.
>>>
>>> I don't suppose anyone will be in Seattle next week for the HTML
>>> meeting, or in the bay area the week after for any of a series of things
>>> that are happening then?
>>>
>>> And while I am here, would it be helpful to have a european host for a
>>> meeting of this task force? I might be able to organise something in
>>> Berlin, London, Madrid, …
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> chaals
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 5:22 PM, <chaals@yandex-team.ru> wrote:
>>>
>>> We're expecting Microsoft to provide an alternative editor - although if
>>> anyone else would like to do it and is part of webapps working group, feel
>>> free to volunteer...
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> 05.04.2015, 12:19, "Johannes Wilm" <johannes@fiduswriter.org>:
>>> > Hey, I noticed that the contenteditable spec hasn't been updated since
>>> February and it appears Ben's Microsoft email is not working any more.
>>> Searching the internet it appears he is now working for Amazon. Is anyone
>>> currently maintaining the spec?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex
>>> chaals@yandex-team.ru - - - Find more at http://yandex.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Johannes Wilm
>>> Fidus Writer
>>> http://www.fiduswriter.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex
>>> chaals@yandex-team.ru - - - Find more at http://yandex.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Johannes Wilm
>> Fidus Writer
>> http://www.fiduswriter.org
>>
>