- From: Chasen Le Hara <chasen@chasenlehara.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:37:52 -0700
- To: public-html@w3.org
Dave, On Apr 24, 2007, at 7:02 PM, David Hyatt wrote: > You would still have to worry about older browser versions even > when HTML5 support started to emerge. If you only care about > browsers that fully support HTML5, then you'd just use the HTML5 > doctype/version and let versions of IE that haven't opted in using > the doctype switch get your "older HTML4" version (along with older > versions of Safari, Firefox, etc.) That's nice in theory, but what about this theoretical situation: Write my page as HTML 5 without an opt-in. IE 7 treats it as HTML 4, which is fine because I don't expect it to know HTML 5. Then, IE 8 decides that it can render HTML 5 properly. It renders my page as HTML 5. Then, in IE 8.1, a bug is fixed, but it requires an opt-in. It'll treat my page as if it were IE 8. I do not want to have to deal with this; it seems silly that standards would require this. I want IE 7 to treat it as HTML 4, IE 8 to do its best, and IE 8.1 to do its best. How would that work under your theoretical situation? [And if I'm being dull, please just emphasize what I missed; I'm really trying to think this through.] -Chasen
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