- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:48:46 +0200
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:49:37 +0200, James Graham <jg307 at cam.ac.uk> wrote: > Dean Edwards wrote: >> The point is that there is room for all of these methods for >> retrieving DOM nodes. As there is no useful existing standard let's >> add stuff that people actually want instead of referring them to >> vapour ware. > > I guess the question is "why bother with getElementByClassName if a full > getElementByCSSSelector-type method is available"?. Possible answers > would include speed and ease of use but I'm not sure either applies here. "adding stuff people want instead of referring them to vapourware" isn't a very clear distinction. Since both are currently vapourware, it would be helpful to ahve some rational basis for determining that one is desired and another is not. Like James, I so far don't see that in this discussion. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile, Opera Software: Standards Group hablo espa?ol - je parle fran?ais - jeg l?rer norsk chaals at opera.com Try Opera 9 now! http://opera.com
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