- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 23:52:10 +0000 (UTC)
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010, Olli Pettay wrote: > > I wonder why a element should have .text which > is basically just the same thing as > .textContent. > > I'd prefer removing .text. I'm happy to remove it if we can for compat. On Mon, 21 Jun 2010, Jonas Sicking wrote: > > I say lets remove it from gecko and see if it breaks any sites. Any news on this? On Mon, 21 Jun 2010, Olli Pettay wrote: > > I was referring to html5 draft, which specifies that .text > should be the same as .textContent. > But sure, the reason why gecko has .text is backwards compatibility > with Netscape 4. Netscape 4 .text isn't the same as .textContent. Is it different enough that we should change the spec for compat? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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