- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:32:11 +1000
- To: Chris Wilson <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>
- CC: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Chris Wilson wrote: > Yes, we will require opt-ins to turn on "really really" standards > mode in future versions of IE. I do not understand. The intention of HTML5 is for it to be defined in a way that *is* compatible with the web. And assuming that is the case, you will be able to implement it because it will not significantly break compatibility. This is in part because much of the processing requirements were based reverse engineering IE, Firefox, Opera and Safari. If there is something in the spec that will significantly break compat, then we can revise the spec based on implementation experience. IMHO, saying "we will not make any changes" is no way to make progress, it's will only prevent it. > Every time this WG releases a new version of HTML, if we can identify > it we can automatically opt it in to "really really" standards mode. It has already been explained why such a solution is unworkable in the real world for all future versions of HTML. We need to define exactly how to handle the web as it is today and that means defining how to handle today's content. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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