- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 20:37:25 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Jim Ley wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> HTML4+ECMAScript is "backwards compatible" with Lynx. >>>>> Sure it is >>>> So GMail works in Lynx? >>> I don't understand the relevance >> >> You said HTML4+ECMAScript was backwards-compatible with Lynx. >> >> GMail uses HTML4+ECMAScript. >> >> Logically therefore, you must think that GMail works with Lynx. > > What complete gibberish, maybe a course in elementary logic would > help. The technology is backwards compatible, it doesn't mean every > single usage is (just like HTML+CSS doesn't necessarily degrade if you > abuse CSS positioning. ) Exactly. As it is with Web Forms 2. > Right, could you put up some screenshots and a decent description of > that, I'm really struggling for a use case for this feature! (and I've > asked lots !!) Come now Jim, I've given you at least half a dozen use cases by now. Here's an ASCII art example of a form that would use datetime: +-- Add Event --------------------------------+ | | | Event name: [___________________________] | | Start time: [ Wednesday at 3pm ] | | End time: [ Wednesday at 3:45pm ] | | | | (( Submit )) | +---------------------------------------------+ -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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