- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:42:27 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Matthew Raymond wrote: > > I've been bugged for a while by the problem of formatting hints for date > and time inputs. The current model requires that either the server > determines the format for itself... [...] > > I think we should introduce to WF2 a new element called <format> that would > contain the formatting hint text. This element would be rendered in legacy > user agents as text, but in WF2 user agents, its contents would be used in a > far more intelligent manner. Take this example, for instance: [...] I'm reluctant to add new features at this late stage. Does this demo: http://whatwg.org/demos/date-01/ ...not handle the case well enough? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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