- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:18:02 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, James Graham wrote: > > The phrase "The size attribute gives the number of characters that, in a > visual rendering, the user agent is to allow the user to see while > editing the element's value." is phrased misleadingly like a UA > conformance criterion even though it is not. It doesn't account for the > fact that a stylesheet may allow the user to see more or fewer > characters, or that, in a proportional font, the number of characters > seen will vary based on the control value. I'm not sure how else to phrase it. Do you have any suggestions? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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