- From: David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:46:55 +0100
2009/8/23 Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c at gmail.com>: > ?Or just don't ban anything > at all, like with type=tel. ?type=email differs from most of the other > types with validity constraints (like month, number, etc.) in that the > difference between valid and invalid values is a purely pragmatic > question (what will actually work?) that the user can often answer > better than the application. ?It doesn't seem like a good idea for the > standard to tell users that the e-mail addresses they've actually been > using are invalid. +1 The quoted portion above strikes to the heart of the matter. I suppose the spec wants to obviate defective "email validation" JavaScript, but any restriction will (a) break stuff the user thinks should work (b) not stop bad web coders for a second. - d.
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