- From: Denis Boudreau (WebConforme) <dboudreau@webconforme.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:07:19 -0400
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: sajid saiyed <sajid.saiyed@gmail.com>, public-html@w3.org
Hi people, > The cost of changing HTML is very, very high. Writing specs is a > tiny part of it. There's also testing and coding. But even those > are mostly one-time efforts. The biggest cost > I see is training. Consider the cost of updating all the books and > course materials on HTML. I gather it takes 3 times as long to > change a habit as to make one, and there are already established > habits and tools around the <meta> element. Extremely valid point. Considering this then, what are the parameters within which are we planning to "reform" HTML? To me, there can hardly be a more severe shift than the one that occured when XHTML 2.0 came out, compared to version 1.0 - in terms of costs and collateral impacts, this seems a lot tougher than considering changes to the meta element, isn't it? -- Denis Boudreau, Directeur WebConforme / AccessibilitéWeb 1751 rue Richardson, bureau 3.501 Montréal (Qc), Canada H3K 1G6 Téléphone : +1 514-448-2650 Télécopieur : +1 514.667.2216 dboudreau@webconforme.com blackberry@webconforme.com http://www.webconforme.com/ ======// À méditer //======= Les choses changent plus lentement que l’on pense. La rapidité des changements technologiques est tempérée par la lenteur de leur acceptation sociale. (Michel Cartier)
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