- From: j.j. <moz@jeka.info>
- Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:30:52 +0100
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>: hodd gsachd: > > On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:09:25 +0100, j.j. <moz@jeka.info> wrote: >> <wbr> is backwards and browser support is incosistent. >> Gecko doesn't break at <wbr> inside <nobr> (bug 6347-WONTFIX), and >> iirc IE5 did exactly the opposite (breaks only if <wbr> is inside >> <nobr>). > > That is also true for Internet Explorer 6 (and likely 7) per this page: > http://www.sam-i-am.com/work/2006/09/soft-wrapping-long-words.html IE5.5, 6 and 7 break in both cases (<wbr> inside and outside <nobr>). >> Opera has apparently no problem with ignoring <wbr> at all. > > Actually, although the editor didn't see a use for <wbr>, Gmail 2.0 is > relying on it working properly and sort of forces us to implement <wbr> > probably sooner rather than later. ;-) Hmm, the editor could try to exert some influence here, but... j.j.
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