- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:25:24 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 Critterrathman at aol.com wrote: > > As I understand it, one of the goals of WHATWG is to ensure non-breakage > on older browsers. That is, the forms will still function properly, > sans form and UI enhancements. Is this a correct understanding on my > part? That is the intention. > The other issue I'd like to put forward is whether we could a > standardized set of JavaScript that would operate on a legacy browser, > yet implement some of the ideas present with the forms extensions > proposed. Yes, I know it will be a workaround (a hack), but perhaps it > makes the question of supporting legacy browsers just that much easier > to undertake - thus increasing the probabilty of success for the new > standards. There is the intention of making a compatibility layer for IE6. I don't think it will be very easy to make compatibility layers for other browsers, though, since they are not as extensible. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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