[Bug 13057] Remove INS and DEL elements in favor of a new set of attributes

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13057

Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> 2011-06-26 22:37:29 UTC ---
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: We only introduce new elements and attributes for extremely common
use-cases, and there is no reason to believe this use-case is extremely common.
 The low uptake of <ins> and <del> is fairly strong evidence that they don't
serve a very common need.  As such, introducing new attributes to have a
similar effect would waste implementer effort that could be better spent on
more useful features, and further complicated an already extremely complicated
language.

Use-cases like this that are not extremely common are why we have extensibility
points like class, data-*, and microdata.  If the <ins> and <del> tags are a
real problem for major WYSIWYG editors, I encourage them to innovate using
existing extension points.  If the feature is popular and successful, they can
then report back on the results, including real-world cases where attributes
are used successfully but <ins> and <del> don't work.  At that point, if
there's evidence of widespread usage of the extensions, it might be worthwhile
to consider standardization.

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Received on Sunday, 26 June 2011 22:37:31 UTC