- From: Gareth Hay <gazhay@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:20:50 +0100
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Cc: Doug Schepers <doug.schepers@vectoreal.com>, public-html@w3.org
I don't understand the issue. Surely any browser manufacturer is always going to have a mode that will render older pages. What is preventing them having an HTML5 mode, which may or may not build upon their previous engine. That way, you visit a page that you used to (google, bank, etc) browser uses 'old' mode. You visit an HTML5 page, browser uses the new mode. Why is this a problem? On 27 Apr 2007, at 11:54, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > Doug Schepers wrote: >>> SupportExistingContent: Browsers implementing the new version of >>> HTML should still be able to handle existing content... >> Now I'm sure I disagree with it. > > Put it this way: How would you like it if, when you upgraded your > browser, many sites you visit regularly (e.g. news sites, your > bank, Google, or whatever) that used to work, no longer do in the > new version? > > Sure, you could argue that such sites should be fixed. But, in > reality, many sites are just going to tell users to use another > browser, and many users are going to complain about the browser no > longer working and file bug reports. That doesn't help anyone, > that just punishes users. > > -- > Lachlan Hunt > http://lachy.id.au/ >
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