- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:22:07 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Erik van der Poel <erikv@google.com>
- Cc: public-html-comments@w3.org
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010, Erik van der Poel wrote: > > Was this decided with or without the knowledge of the browser > behavior? With. > Is there a record of which parts of the HTML 5 spec are based on browser > test results? Pretty much all of it is informed by existing implementations, and, where possible, the characteristics of existing content. When browsers diverge from each other a lot (as in this case), the spec usually takes the less crazy path, if there aren't pressing reason to do otherwise. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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