- From: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:24:03 -0000
- To: "Chris Wilson" <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>, "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: "Dave Massy" <dave.massy@microsoft.com>, "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com>, "Web API WG \(public\)" <public-webapi@w3.org>
"Chris Wilson" <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com> Not that I'm overly energised with naming, but... >As Martijn said, I believe people will map document.matchAll almost as >often to $$ as document.getElementsBySelector - so I'd much rather stick >with the pattern, and presume that if developers want to map to a() >they'll do it. I agree with this view entirely. getSomething is a pattern worth keeping for developer sanity. >>existing functionality, "document.all". Would "select()" be ok with >you? > >Actually, I'd presume "document.select()" would select the document >itself into some context (e.g., it would activate the document, make its >tab the selected one, etc.). I agree with this too, .select() is too much like .focus() and gives in mind completely different class of functionality. Cheers, Jim.
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