- From: Hallvord R. M. Steen <hallvord@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:29:59 +0100
- To: "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com>, "Dave Massy" <Dave.Massy@microsoft.com>, "Web API WG (public)" <public-webapi@w3.org>
- Cc: "Chris Wilson" <chris.wilson@microsoft.com>, "Tina Duff" <tinad@microsoft.com>
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:50:44 +0100, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com> wrote: >> getElementBySelector/getElementsBySelector is the only proposal we >> think is acceptable. > > But it's not accurate. This also creates the problem Ian Hickson pointed > out a few times. That people will map it to $$ or something which makes > it even less useful. People will do that anyway for obfuscation/convenience/wrapper function features/compatibility layers and similar reasons. I don't really see that as a problem. "getElementsByTagName" is annoying but it's mostly because of that extra capitalised N. My vote would be consistency with the other DOM functions and thus getElement(s)BySelector . -- Hallvord R. M. Steen Core QA JavaScript tester, Opera Software http://www.opera.com/ Opera - simply the best Internet experience
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