- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:33:11 -0700
- To: "Marat Tanalin | tanalin.com" <mtanalin@yandex.ru>
- Cc: "Kang-Hao (Kenny) Lu" <kanghaol@oupeng.com>, Zachary “Gamer_Z.” Yaro <zmyaro@gmail.com>, Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>, WWW Style <www-style@w3.org>, "Jens O. Meiert" <jens@meiert.com>
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Marat Tanalin | tanalin.com <mtanalin@yandex.ru> wrote: > 28.08.2012, 03:27, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>: >> "Big red switches" like this are an anti-pattern. Occasionally they >> can be useful, but they're hazardous and should be avoided if >> possible. > > We already have this "anti-pattern" with DOCTYPE and with X-UA-Compatible. If language cannot be improved without such switches, this is fine pragmatic way to go that is much better than doing nothing. Yup, DOCTYPE switching was a necessary solution to a very bad compat problem. The benefit outweighed the badness. X-UA-Compatible is similar (though note that it's not endorsed by any vendors other than IE and Chrome Frame, I think, because the pain isn't worth it to anyone else). You have to justify the big red switch. I don't think // comments come *anywhere* near sufficient benefit to overcome the pain of a switch. ~TJ
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