- From: Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:48:11 -0800
- To: public-html@w3.org
Hi, Steve suggests[1] that we revisit the decision[2] to exclude <a ping> from the spec, especially given that it's implemented in both WebKit[4] and Gecko[5]. In the original CfC[3], Maciej wrote: > [W]e now seem to have consensus that it is ok to drop this feature > from HTML5[.0...] The feature could still be proposed again for a > later issue of HTML, or the issue could be re-raised if new > information is provided (such as implementation experience or > server-side deployment experience.) All things being equal, I think we should err on the side of specifying features with implementations in multiple browser engines. Thanks, Ted 1. https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/306781110367571970 2. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Mar/0132.html 3. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Feb/0795.html 4. http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLAnchorElement.idl#L28 5. http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/interfaces/html/nsIDOMHTMLAnchorElement.idl#25
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