- From: Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:16:59 +1200
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Adam Barth <w3c at adambarth.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Robert O'Callahan > <robert at ocallahan.org> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Adam Barth <w3c at adambarth.com> wrote: > >> That's difficult to say given that it's supported in most browsers. > >> We'd need to look for folks complaining to Mozilla. There's a tree of > >> duplicate bug reports that lead to > >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264412>, but none since > >> 2006. In 2006, you said you'd probably add it to HTML5: > >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343357#c2. :) > >> > >> I doubt that IE or WebKit will remove support at this point, which > >> leaves this as an inviting interoperability trap for developers who > >> don't test in every browser. > > > > If it's not needed for compatibility, why wouldn't Webkit consider > removing > > it? > > Oh, you're certainly welcome to send in a patch and see what the > project thinks, but my guess is the risk of removing the feature would > outweigh the cost of keeping it (which is essentially zero). > Wouldn't you consider the interoperability benefits to the Web platform? Rob -- "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." [Acts 17:11] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20100815/bc5a4557/attachment.htm>
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