Re: Pursuing the wrong goal? (was Re: A followup/writeup on our Monday discussions (was Re: Continuing discussion on Polyfills))

I agree as well that there are many different ways each of these
affordances could be implemented.

Based on this week long exchange of emails, it seems that there are
essentially two groups that have a hard time talking to one another:

   - people advocating for affordances based on progressive enhancements
   and modern Web development best practices
   - people advocating for "affordance free" content, where implementations
   of various affordances won't get in the way of dedicated reading
   environments

I strongly feel that it's too early to discuss "how" affordances are
implemented, but could we maybe agree on a list of principles that will
make both groups happy?

I believe that this is perfectly achievable, and this list of principles
would be extremely helpful to avoid such arguments in the future.