Re: The History of <aside> for sidebars

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 4:08 PM, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> wrote:
> If ever there was a damning indictment of WHAT WG's use of the IRC
> back-channel to 'make decisions' without due consultation, here it is.
>
> It is now water long-gone under the bridge, but even recent discussion
> (http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20090904#l-322 ) shows that this
> lesson has not been learned.
>
> IF YOU HAVE PROPOSALS - POST THEM PUBLICLY (and at both your club and W3C
> mailing lists) - play by your own rules!

The IRC chat is public, as you demonstrated by linking to the log.  If
you prefer not to use it, or happen to miss a particular discussion,
you can always post to the mailing list/Bugzilla/etc. if you have
something to say.  On the other hand, those who prefer to get
real-time feedback on suggestions can use IRC.  Having a variety of
media available for contributors to use makes HTML 5's development
more open, not less.

Received on Friday, 4 September 2009 21:13:47 UTC