- From: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:31:45 -0500
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>, Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > > On Apr 6, 2010, at 11:05 PM, Shelley Powers wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:00 AM, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> wrote: >>> >>> If the lack of styling ability on certain proposed elements is seen as a >>> significant issue, and the relevant parties are expressing interest in >>> working together to resolve these problems, then I see this as a very >>> good >>> thing indeed. And if it was your Change Proposals that spurred on this >>> discussion, then thank you Shelley for moving the ball forward, even if >>> inadvertently. >>> >> >> No, no, I really don't want credit for this. Maciej deserves all the >> credit. >> >>> It will be interesting indeed to hear what the CSS WG has to say in this >>> matter, and whether any progress can be made here. I note that Maciej is >>> copying his thoughts to the www-style list for further discussion there, >>> so I look forward to seeing what comes next. >>> >> >> Yes, I will be curious to see the CSS WG's reactions to this sudden >> and intense desire to style form elements. > > At least in the case of the WebKit project, interest in styling form > controls is not sudden. As I mentioned in an earlier email, it's something > we've been working on in our implementation for years. > > However, your analysis of the tradeoffs between built-in semantic elements > and hand-rolled controls, as well as the WebKit project's recent progress on > implementing new HTML5 form controls, has made these issues much more > salient. > Which of the new form elements and declarative elements has Webkit implemented? Are they in the nightlies? Is this documented somewhere? > Regards, > Maciej > > Shelley
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