Re: Deprecated html elements and javascript functions

So just keep it as is?


On 12 March 2014 17:32, PhistucK <phistuck@gmail.com> wrote:

> If something is only included for compatibility, I guess you can think
> about it as deprecated. But formally, you are right, it does not seem to be
> deprecated.
> However, the fact that it is not deprecated in the specification, does not
> mean it is not deprecated by the browsers.
> This function has historically been very problematic, especially regarding
> non ASCII text and non UTF 8 encodings, which is why it is being deprecated
> and other functions that surely yield UTF 8 are preferred.
>
>
> ☆*PhistucK*
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Paul Verbeek <paul@webinthehat.com>wrote:
>
>> It's in 5.1 in the (informative) Compatibility section [1], and in 6.0 in
>> the the features for Web Browsers [2].
>>
>> So if it's in 6.0 it's not deprecated right? But then why does MDN [3]
>> and MSDN [4] says it is?
>>
>> [1] http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-B.2.2
>> [2]
>> http://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-unescape-string
>> [3]
>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/unescape
>> [4] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dz4x90hk(v=vs.94).aspx
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12 March 2014 17:05, PhistucK <phistuck@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hm, why is it on the JavaScript (ECMAScript) reference? as far as I
>>> remember, it is not part of (any) such standard. If anything, it should be
>>> in the DOM reference as I believe only browsers implement it.
>>> The DOM reference has (or used to have, I did not check recently) a
>>> field for the status (recommendation, deprecated and so on) which can be
>>> used exactly for this purpose.
>>>
>>>
>>> ☆*PhistucK*
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Paul Verbeek <paul@webinthehat.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Max,
>>>>
>>>> Even though that explains why it's deprecated, I think it should still
>>>> be on WPD. It's widely implemented by browsers and used in some projects.
>>>>
>>>> I was speaking to Doug and Eliot, and they had the idea to add flags
>>>> for things like this (deprecated, obsolete, etc.) like MDN does.
>>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/unescape
>>>>
>>>> For now, I just added it to the 'depracted' group of related articles,
>>>> so we can easily filter them out when we have the flags.
>>>>
>>>> Paul.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11 March 2014 16:39, Max Polk <maxpolk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  On 3/11/2014 1:26 PM, Paul Verbeek wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>  I'm working on the docs for the unescape function. This function is
>>>>> deprecated and the only way to tag that is at the See Also section.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I think a deprecated function or html elements should say that it's
>>>>> deprecated in a more noticeable way. Maybe a message on top saying
>>>>> something like "This function/object/element is deprecated. We advice
>>>>> against using it in new projects. Please use with caution.".
>>>>>
>>>>>  Paul.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems to have been deprecated in favor of a replacement:unescape ->
>>>>> decodeURI or decodeURIComponent
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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