[Bug 17174] Global href and src

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17174

Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |eoconnor@apple.com
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX
           Assignee|dave.null@w3.org            |eoconnor@apple.com

--- Comment #4 from Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com> ---
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: No spec change.
Rationale: This has been proposed many times in the past, and has been
rejected for several reasons. The "HTML should support href on any
element" entry of the WHATWG FAQ captures several of the known issues
with such a feature:

http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#HTML_should_support_href_on_any_element.21

Some additional history on this issue from as far back as 2006 that I
could find:

http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2006-January/005407.html
http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2006-August/007179.html
http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2008-July/015482.html

This has also come up on public-html several times, though I found it more
difficult to locate specific threads. Though about src="" and not href="",
you may find this thread illuminating:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007JanMar/0678.html

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