- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:17:37 +0000 (UTC)
- To: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
- Cc: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett@gmail.com>, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>, W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org>, Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>, "wai-liaison@w3.org" <wai-liaison@w3.org>, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>, HTML WG Public List <public-html@w3.org>
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, David Poehlman wrote: > > or we could help@summary do what it is supposed to do because it is the > only means of effectively carrying out its task. I disagree that it's the only means of effectively carrying out its task; we've seen dozens of proposals that could all carry out the task at least as effectively if used correctly, including many that are far more likely to be used correctly than summary="". Even if I am wrong and summary="" is in fact a great solution, it's not the only (effective) solution; arguing that it is merely leads one to doubt other similar arguments. (If you are wrong about it being the only solution, which you clearly are, as many people have proposed alternatives, are you wrong about it being the best solution? You have provided the same amount of evidence for both points.) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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