- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:26:47 +1000
- To: Patrick Taylor <patrick@healtheconomics.org>
- CC: public-html@w3.org
Patrick Taylor wrote: > Isn't the question of what to default to an implementation detail for > the UA developers? It's one that can have seriously adverse affects on the future of web development. > * Microsoft (or whomever else wants) can use it for their opt-in, and, > in the absence of the version attribute, default to html5 or html6 or > almost standards mode or whatever if they choose. > > * Apple, Mozilla, Opera, etc can choose to ignore it and default to > Latest Standard mode whether it is there or not. > > * Web authors will do what they've always done and work around the > implementations. That does not help interoperability at all. It's precisely the situation we need to avoid in the future. > If it doesn't already exist, I also propose the design principle: "The > Spec cannot solve all problems". That's not an acceptable design principle, it's just another way of saying give up. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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