- From: Anne van Kesteren via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:12:29 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/html4-differences
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Modified Files:
Overview.html Overview.src.html
Log Message:
advice from html5 dr bruce
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/html4-differences/Overview.html,v
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--- Overview.html 31 Aug 2010 14:05:15 -0000 1.104
+++ Overview.html 31 Aug 2010 14:12:27 -0000 1.105
@@ -944,8 +944,8 @@
<li><code>u</code>
</ul>
- <p>The following elements are not in HTML5 because their usage affected
- usability and accessibility for the end user in a negative way:
+ <p>The following elements are not in HTML5 because using them damages
+ usability and accessibility:
<ul>
<li><code>frame</code>
@@ -977,9 +977,14 @@
<h3 id=absent-attributes><span class=secno>3.6. </span>Absent Attributes</h3>
- <p>Some attributes from HTML4 are no longer allowed in HTML5. If they need
- to have any impact on user agents for compatibility reasons it is defined
- how they should work in those scenarios.
+ <p>Some attributes from HTML4 are no longer allowed in HTML5. The
+ specification defines how user agents should process them in legacy
+ documents, but authors must not use them and they will not validate.
+
+ <p>HTML5 <a
+ href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/obsolete.html#non-conforming-features"
+ title="Non-conforming features">has advice</a> on what you can use
+ instead.
<ul>
<li><code>rev</code> and <code>charset</code> attributes on
@@ -1868,16 +1873,16 @@
<h2 class=no-num id=acknowledgments>Acknowledgments</h2>
- <p>The editor would like to thank Ben Millard, Cameron McCormack, Charles
- McCathieNevile, Dan Connolly, David Håsäther, Dennis German,
- Frank Ellermann, Frank Palinkas, Gordon P. Hemsley, Henri Sivonen, James
- Graham, Jens Meiert, Jeremy Keith, Jürgen Jeka, Krijn Hoetmer, Leif
- Halvard Silli, Maciej Stachowiak, Marcos Caceres, Mark Pilgrim, Martijn
- Wargers, Martyn Haigh, Masataka Yakura, Michael Smith, Olivier Gendrin,
- Øistein E. Andersen, Philip Taylor, Simon Pieters, Toby Inkster,
- and Yngve Spjeld Landro for their contributions to this document as well
- as to all the people who have contributed to HTML5 over the years for
- improving the Web!
+ <p>The editor would like to thank Ben Millard, Bruce Lawson, Cameron
+ McCormack, Charles McCathieNevile, Dan Connolly, David
+ Håsäther, Dennis German, Frank Ellermann, Frank Palinkas,
+ Gordon P. Hemsley, Henri Sivonen, James Graham, Jens Meiert, Jeremy Keith,
+ Jürgen Jeka, Krijn Hoetmer, Leif Halvard Silli, Maciej Stachowiak,
+ Marcos Caceres, Mark Pilgrim, Martijn Wargers, Martyn Haigh, Masataka
+ Yakura, Michael Smith, Olivier Gendrin, Øistein E. Andersen, Philip
+ Taylor, Simon Pieters, Toby Inkster, and Yngve Spjeld Landro for their
+ contributions to this document as well as to all the people who have
+ contributed to HTML5 over the years for improving the Web!
<h2 class=no-num id=references>References</h2>
Index: Overview.src.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/html4-differences/Overview.src.html,v
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--- Overview.src.html 31 Aug 2010 14:05:15 -0000 1.82
+++ Overview.src.html 31 Aug 2010 14:12:27 -0000 1.83
@@ -766,9 +766,8 @@
<li><code>u</code>
</ul>
- <p>The following elements are not in HTML5 because their usage
- affected usability and accessibility for the end user in a negative
- way:</p>
+ <p>The following elements are not in HTML5 because using them damages
+ usability and accessibility:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>frame</code>
@@ -802,9 +801,11 @@
<h3 id="absent-attributes">Absent Attributes</h3>
- <p>Some attributes from HTML4 are no longer allowed in HTML5. If
- they need to have any impact on user agents for compatibility reasons it is
- defined how they should work in those scenarios.</p>
+ <p>Some attributes from HTML4 are no longer allowed in HTML5. The
+ specification defines how user agents should process them in legacy
+ documents, but authors must not use them and they will not validate.</p>
+
+ <p>HTML5 <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/obsolete.html#non-conforming-features" title="Non-conforming features">has advice</a> on what you can use instead.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>rev</code> and <code>charset</code> attributes on
@@ -1525,6 +1526,7 @@
<p>The editor would like to thank
Ben Millard,
+ Bruce Lawson,
Cameron McCormack,
Charles McCathieNevile,
Dan Connolly,
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