- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:07:46 -0700
- To: Doug Schepers <doug.schepers@vectoreal.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Apr 18, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Doug Schepers wrote: > > Hi, David- > > Dailey, David P. wrote: >> Representing the very small minority who have written against the >> design > > principles > <snip/> > > I am not sensing any great support for my perspective so it is > > probably a non-issue. > > I have not replied to your posts because I thought you were doing a > fine job stating your objections yourself, not because I didn't > agree. In fact, I agreed with you more often than not. > > I think that these Design Principles will often be useful, but to > treat them as holy writ seems extreme (especially since, as other > holy writs, they can be interpreted to argue 2 sides of many issues). I don't think anyone has called for treating them as "holy writ". They are guidelines, not inviolate rules. > I see no clear benefit in establishing such a rigid stance. But > what I think they would be very effective at doing is establishing > a "power base" at the outset of the group that would quash > different opinions later on, a practice I find dubious at best. These are issues that I expect will come up over and over again. I think it would be a waste of our time to re-argue the underlying issues repeatedly. I would be much more sympathetic to disagreement with specific things in the principles than in disagreement with recording them at all. > I suspect that most people will not really care enough (or have the > time) to about review and vote on the design principals (much less > fully understand the implications)... but that once they were voted > in by the core constituency that does seem to care strongly, it > would be hard to defend against misuse. I think we should be more > open and flexible as a group. If people don't have time to read and think about this fairly brief document, how will they find the time to participate in the discussion in an informed way? > For that reason alone, not any merit or deficit of the principals > themselves, I would be against making them Official. I'm in favor > of using them as "gentle reminders". That being said, if we put them up for a vote, you'll have the opportunity to express this point of view. Regards, Maciej
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