- From: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:23:30 +0100
- To: Robert Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
- Cc: "Web APIs WG" <public-webapi@w3.org>
On Jan 26, 2007, at 19:05, Robert Sayre wrote:
> Well, I saw several comments from significant implementors that
> indicated they were unhappy with getElementsListBySelector. I don't
> think the WG needs to provide detailed minutes, but a list of people
> present at the meeting and a coherent rationale would do the trick.
I'm not saying that transparency can't always be improved but major
implementers are participants in the working group (at the very least
Opera, Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla, not to mention folks from major
mobile companies, folks that reuse browser components, and others) so
presumably if the WG reached consensus they either took part in it or
decided not to take part (which counts as accepting the consensus of
those who do).
I'm not longer on the WG so I don't know how the decision was made,
but I strongly suspect that people agreed that no amount of
discussion was going to get everyone to agree so they probably went
for the decision that made the smallest number of people unhappy. For
a naming discussion in which there is no consensus, it's unlikely
that you'll get any other kind of output I'm afraid.
PS: the quote at the bottom of this email was chosen at random I
swear :) It's just the way of the SigMonster.
--
Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interestingly enough - rendering dozens of plasticine bunnies
floating in a giant vacuum cleaner complete with fake finger prints is
actually easier than doing websites. Good job Microsoft and Netscape!
May you rot in hell. IN HELL!
-- Simon Wistow, london.pm
Received on Friday, 26 January 2007 19:23:56 UTC