- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:46:46 +0200
- To: "Doug Schepers" <schepers@w3.org>, "www-dom@w3.org" <www-dom@w3.org>
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:40:42 +0200, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote: > My questions: > > * what are the rationales for making it case-sensitive? I think it was because of the introduction of namespaces. (Which I still think we should remove again.) > * what do implementations currently do? Gecko/WebKit are case-sensitive; Opera is case-insensitive, but we're planning on changing that. > * is it more author-friendly to make/leave it case-insensitive? It would probably be more author friendly because not all event names are lowercase. > * if it is made case-insensitive, should it be normalized in the DOM for > easier comparison and interop? Probably... though making everything case-sensitive might be easier and more compatible given that Gecko/WebKit already do it. -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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