- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:35:07 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Jonas Sicking wrote: > > > > I haven't removed HTMLCollection.tags yet, since it appears to be > > implemented by most browsers. If we can get Opera and WebKit to remove > > support, then I'll remove it from the spec. > > Given that we have some data indicating that .tags() is not needed for > web compatibility (Firefox doesn't support it and has received no > requests for it, or bugs indicating sites needing it), and so far only > weak data indicating it is needed (UAs support it, but not clear why), > why not leave it out of the spec for now? > > UAs are always free to continue supporting it if they so please. > > I have very little desire to add support for anything to gecko "just in > case", without any data indicating anyone would use it, much less needs > it. HTMLCollection.tags is specified for the same reason <keygen> is -- a majority of browsers support it. I'd like to remove it, though. I encourage you to convince other browser vendors to drop support for this feature. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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