- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:50:45 -0700
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Aug 24, 2007, at 3:36 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: > >> ... >> Furthermore, that requirement would be ignored. If you can get a >> browser vendor to actually implement the above in a way you >> consider acceptable, then I'd consider putting it in the spec -- >> but there's no point putting something in which every single >> browser vendor has repeatedly told me and others that they would >> never do. >> Browser vendors don't implement specs they disagree with. As spec >> authors, we only have power over user agent implementors so long as >> we tell them to do things they want to do anyway. > > ...which would mean that we (== the HTML WG) have no power at all. > > I would consider that a major issue, and would like to hear what the > vendors actually have to say about it. I think what Ian says is true only for extreme cases, but not at the margins. There are lots of issues where browser vendors would be happy with any of a number of resolutions. Being interoperable with other browsers is more important than opinion about particular technical details. But there are some things we would probably find unacceptable. For example, requirements that overly constrain the user interface are unlikely to be followed, since that is not an area that is not relevant to interoperability and we must have the freedom to apply our own usability judgment. Similarly, requirements that would wildly break compatibility with existing content would be unlikely to be followed. For example, requiring that the width and height attributes on <img> be ignored would not be workable. Regards, Maciej
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