- From: Spartanicus <mk98762@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:23:25 +0100
Smylers <Smylers at stripey.com> wrote: >But _requiring_ user agents to offer opt-outs seems excessive, and >possibly beyond the jurisdiction of the spec. Possibly, but then what's the point of making _blank non conforming if it is not trying to be a benefit to users by discouraging its use. It has nothing to do with client interoperability, real world web browsers will continue to support _blank regardless. >if somebody wanted to produce a web browser that, say, was >so minimalist it didn't offer any user preferences at all, surely that's >up to the browser manufacturer? Possibly, the HTML4 spec mentions a browser UI facility to select between alternate stylesheets as a should. The CSS2.1 draft lists it as a must in the UA conformance section, it is also a CSS conformance requirement to offer a UA UI facility to turn off stylesheets. Browser manufacturers can ignore such, the only effect is that they can't claim to be spec conforming. User demand for such UI features expressed to the manufacturer is one way to get such features implemented. Other web specs have seen fit to add their weight to get UI features implemented. -- Spartanicus
Received on Saturday, 28 April 2007 05:23:25 UTC