- From: Alexey Feldgendler <alexey@feldgendler.ru>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:13:21 +0700
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:09:41 +0700, Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au> wrote: >> IMHO we should not rely on unspecified heuristics. In some browsers, >> they work rather well, in some they might constantly fail. Leave >> heuristics for invalid pages, quirks mode etc -- or document these >> heuristics. > Generally, that's true. But since spell checking is only a user agent > feature intended for the user (it doesn't affect the page or author in > any way) and interoperability between one browser's heuristics and > another is not required. Browsers should be allowed to innovate as much > as they like so they can come up with the best method that suits their > users. Once again, a CSS/XBL based approach would be better here. Unless something is specified explicitly, the user agent can implement any kind of logic in its default rules. -- Alexey Feldgendler <alexey at feldgendler.ru> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com
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