- From: Robert J Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:40:16 -0600
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, public-html@w3.org
Hi Julian, On Dec 30, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: > > Robert J Burns wrote: >> ... >> I do disagree with Julian that we should never introduce new block >> level elements. As I've said in the past the parsing algorithm >> (currently ... > > I didn't say that. Sorry, I misspoke there. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth. Is it correct that you want to not allow the introduction of new void elements (rather than what I said you said: not introducing new block elements))? Is that what you said? I do disagree with that part of what you're saying (if indeed you said that). I think that if we correct the currently messed up parsing algorithm, we can accommodate block, inline and void elements in future HTMLs with much less pain than we're experiencing now and in a way that is both forward and backwards compatible. It seems quite ironic that we have the WhatWG here proposing that we make HTML5 work in a way that will not allow for backwards compatibility down the road. Take care, Rob
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