- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:30:57 +0200
- To: "Sander Tekelenburg" <st@isoc.nl>, whatwg@lists.whatwg.org, public-html@w3.org
On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:16:12 +0200, Sander Tekelenburg <st@isoc.nl> wrote: > Who are we (as spec definers) to decide that x is the only correct > behaviour or presentation? And why should we want to stifle innovation > by requiring > some specific presentation? Defining default rendering for certain constructs such as that the <body> element has a default margin of 8px (iirc) is important for interoperability reasons and for new UAs trying to enter the market (saves them reverse engineering other UAs). A lot of web pages rely on default rendering of elements. For instance, that an element such as <p> has a default style of "display:block" as opposed to "display:none". It is very important that UAs falling within the same conformance class agree on these basic principles so authoring against those UAs becomes more predictable and that developing a new UA doesn't involve as much reverse engineering as it used to. -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/> <http://www.opera.com/>
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