Your faith in Microsoft is certainly admirable, but the very fact that we're talking about storing 2 kinds of information in a single attribute is cause for concern isn't it? Thinking about the way parsers work in general, an extra attribute in an element seems less likely to be a problem than unexpected information in an attribute defined by the W3 specs....
Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ wrote: > > I think there is no risk! classes are ours to use (or abuse)... no > sane (not even IE) browser would co-opt classes from the masses! > > On 3/3/07, Daemach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Well of course we all know that every browser follows the w3 >> recommendations >> rigidly and without compromise, so let me put this another way: >> >> Knowing that some browsers suck more than others (*cough* IE *cough*), is >> there less risk in the browser misinterpreting non-style information in >> an >> attribute it normally uses for styles or data in extra attributes that it >> doesn't know or care about? >> >> >> >> Klaus Hartl wrote: >> > >> > Daemach schrieb: >> >> -- If I add metadata to a "class" attribute, I risk messing with CSS >> - >> >> classes are for styles. >> > >> > That is a common misunderstanding. Consider the HTML spec: >> > >> > "The class attribute has several roles in HTML: >> > >> > * As a style sheet selector (when an author wishes to assign style >> > information to a set of elements). >> > * For general purpose processing by user agents." >> > >> > http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2 >> > >> > >> > >> > -- Klaus >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > jQuery mailing list >> > discuss@jquery.com >> > http://jquery.com/discuss/ >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Of-extendos%2C-metadata-and-valid-XHMTL---Is-it-ok-to-add-attributes-to-elements--tf3337204.html#a9291397 >> Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> jQuery mailing list >> discuss@jquery.com >> http://jquery.com/discuss/ >> > > > -- > Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ - יעקב ʝǡǩȩ ᎫᎪᏦᎬ > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Of-extendos%2C-metadata-and-valid-XHMTL---Is-it-ok-to-add-attributes-to-elements--tf3337204.html#a9292740 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
