Re: Working Group Decision on ISSUE-155 table-border

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:
> On Apr 15, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:
>>>  If this is a generic problem (that is, if tables in non-CSS UAs
>>>  should basically always have borders), then tying border-drawing to
>>>  an optional attribute which is *not* present on the vast majority of
>>>  legacy tables is completely the wrong solution.
>>>
>>> Only two solutions were proposed.  We only consider proposals which
>>> actually are put forward.  Furthermore, no substantiation is provided
>>> for the assertion that this is "completely the wrong solution".
>>
>> Note, this was not an attempt to suggest another solution, it was an
>> objection against the <table border> CP.
>
> Be that as it may, it remains the case that no substantiation was provided.
>
> If you have new information to provide, whether supporting arguments for the claim that this is "completely the wrong solution", or a new Change Proposal calling for visual non-CSS UAs to always draw borders on tables, then you may make a request to reopen the issue.

Does the rest of my email count as "support arguments for the claim",
given that I expanded my claim to make the substantiation more
obvious?

~TJ

Received on Friday, 15 April 2011 21:55:08 UTC