- From: Wendy Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:59:56 -0400
- To: <neil.whiteley@tag2.net>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Hello Neil, Neil wrote: >Taking everything in to account, #4 could be written: > >4. Content is compatible with developing user agents. > >Using *compatible* in its computing sense meaning "able to be used together >with, or substitution for, another piece of software or hardware". That works. >*developing* covers user agents that already exist in some form irrespective >of their current state of development but does not exclude any future user >agents as they will become applicable as soon as they exist. Interesting, but I think used this way, isn't it an adjective and thus mean, "1: relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply [syn: underdeveloped] 2: gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something latent); "his developing social conscience"; "after the long winter they took joy in the developing warmth of spring" 3: making or becoming visible through or as if through the action of a chemical agent; "he watched as the developing photograph became clearer and sharper" http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=developing 2 is close, but seems like a bit of a stretch. Could you explain the issue with "current and future" as in, "Content is compatible with current and future user agents" ? To me, "current and future" seems simpler and easier to understand. Thanks, --wendy
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