- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:08:24 +0100
- To: Adam van den Hoven <adam.vandenhoven@gmail.com>
- CC: "public-html@w3.org Tracking WG" <public-html@w3.org>
Adam van den Hoven wrote: > >> >> On 18-Dec-07, at 8:46 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: >> >> Adam van den Hoven wrote: >>> ... >>> 1) Allow a METHOD attribute on any element that allows an HREF or >>> ACTION attribute (namely 'a' and 'form' tags) >> >> No, please do not overload <a>. (You already expected that feedback >> :-), so I'll not spend time on explaining it here again). > > I'm not overloading <a>, or at least unnecessarily so. since I'd like to > see the explaination, a URL for the conversation would be appreciated. Yes, you do. Tons of code out there works under the assumption that a/@href points to a resource that should be navigated to by getting its representation, replacing the current document. All this code will do the wrong thing (== something else than what you want it to do), when getting something like <a href="..." method="DELETE"/> Besides that, there's a distinction between hyperlinks and buttons for a reason, and the fact that with some effort you *can* style a button as a hyperlink doesn't mean it's a good idea (indeed it's a very bad idea), and there's no reason to make it easier than it is today. Best regards, Julian
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