- From: Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com>
- Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:26:03 +0100
On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:19:23 +0100, Remy Sharp <remy at leftlogic.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I know Bruce Lawson has mentioned that this has been brought up before, > but I couldn't find it in the archives (searching "small"), so I'd like > to bring it up again. I suggested it in the w3c list, not this one. Link: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Jan/0130.html ... > When I wrap *everything* in the small element (as seen here: > http://jsbin.com/okevo ) all the browsers I've tested it in renders the > text as I would expect, but it doesn't validate against the HTML 5 > parsing rules (as you'd expect). .... > > Here's the list of the compatible browsers (I could have done more > browsers, but I think this test with 10 proves the support is solid): > > http://leftlogic.litmusapp.com/pub/a5fa8ed Previously we got on a bit of a navelgaze about what constitutes legalese/ disclaimers and whether any sites actually use it. But given that browsers currently allow <small> to go round block level elements, I agree with Remy that we should document the current state of browsers and allow the element to be both "inline" and "block", like <a>, <ins> and <del>. bruce
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