annevk: advice from html5 dr bruce

annevk: advice from html5 dr bruce

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/html4-differences/Overview.html?r1=1.104&r2=1.105&f=h

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    <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 H&aring;s&auml;ther, Dennis German,
-   Frank Ellermann, Frank Palinkas, Gordon P. Hemsley, Henri Sivonen, James
-   Graham, Jens Meiert, Jeremy Keith, J&uuml;rgen Jeka, Krijn Hoetmer, Leif
-   Halvard Silli, Maciej Stachowiak, Marcos Caceres, Mark Pilgrim, Martijn
-   Wargers, Martyn Haigh, Masataka Yakura, Michael Smith, Olivier Gendrin,
-   &Oslash;istein 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
+   H&aring;s&auml;ther, Dennis German, Frank Ellermann, Frank Palinkas,
+   Gordon P. Hemsley, Henri Sivonen, James Graham, Jens Meiert, Jeremy Keith,
+   J&uuml;rgen Jeka, Krijn Hoetmer, Leif Halvard Silli, Maciej Stachowiak,
+   Marcos Caceres, Mark Pilgrim, Martijn Wargers, Martyn Haigh, Masataka
+   Yakura, Michael Smith, Olivier Gendrin, &Oslash;istein 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>
 

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@@ -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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