- From: Bruce Boughton <bruce@bruceboughton.me.uk>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:11:44 +0100
- To: Matthew Ratzloff <matt@builtfromsource.com>
- CC: public-html@w3.org
Matthew Ratzloff wrote: > > 1. Provide no opt-in switch, but do not write the specification in > such a way that breaks content in Internet Explorer. This, in effect, > means adding to the spec the IE-specific bugs that at least 1% of > websites coded with IE in mind rely upon. > > + One specification governs all behavior; easy for authors > - IE bugs are introduced into the specification > - Deprecating, removing, or otherwise specifying a change in usage > is severely limited I do not see how deprecating something is limited by this. The spec should say what authors should use (strict in what you specify) but browsers' support should be backwards-compatible (permissive in what you accept), so deprecated content should display correctly, but authors shouldn't use it. Bruce
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