- From: Martijn <martijn.martijn@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:02:01 +0100
- To: "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: "Chris Wilson" <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>, "Dave Massy" <dave.massy@microsoft.com>, "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com>, "Web API WG (public)" <public-webapi@w3.org>
On 12/19/06, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > > I'd rather a webdev not have to understand "oh, this API was done by the > > DOM WG, so it uses this naming... this one was done by the WebAPI WG, so > > it uses this other one..." > > Well, the most obvious method name would be "document.select()". It's > clear what it does given the context, and fits in well with the similar > existing functionality, "document.all". Would "select()" be ok with you? I don't think that "document.select()" is clear at all. My first though would be, it is a method to select everything on the web page. I think "document.getElementsBySelector()" is much more clearer. Also, it is much more consistent with "document.getElementsByTagName()" and "document.getElementById()" for instance. Regards, Martijn > Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' > > -- Martijn Wargers Help Mozilla! http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/qa/ http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/
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