- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 14:39:31 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Justin James <j_james@mindspring.com>
- Cc: 'Sam Kuper' <sam.kuper@uclmail.net>, 'Ivan Enderlin' <w3c@hoa-project.net>, 'Olivier GENDRIN' <olivier.gendrin@gmail.com>, 'Ben Boyle' <benjamins.boyle@gmail.com>, 'Chris Wilson' <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>, 'HTML WG' <public-html@w3.org>
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Justin James wrote: > > > > Partly because I'm used to it from HTML 4.01; partly because section 9 > > of HTML 5 is obviously incomplete, leading me to think that HTML 5 may > > yet recommend default presentation for many elements. > > It won't. I asked about this a few months ago, and the feedback from the > group was EXTREMELY clear on this topic. Due to the wide variety of > devices and UAs that can consume HTML, defining default styles is, (to > use my phrase), "fraught with danger". I saw the light. :) My intent is to have a detailed section 9 defining the rendering rules, but have it non-normative. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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