On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
Section 1.7:
The first such concrete syntax is HTML5. This is the format
recommended for most authors. It is compatible with all legacy Web
browsers.
I challenge the claim that HTML5 is compatible with *all* legacy Web
browsers. I can
On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:49:45 +0200, Elliotte Rusty Harold
elh...@ibiblio.org wrote:
Section 1.7:
The first such concrete syntax is HTML5. This is the format
recommended for most authors. It is compatible with all legacy Web
browsers.
I challenge the claim that HTML5 is compatible with *all*
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Simon Pieterssim...@opera.com wrote:
What is it that is not compatible with which browser?
Any use of legend outside of a fieldset is broken in every
modern browser: IE6-8, Firefox 3-3.5, Safari 3-4, and Opera 9-10b
all break in interesting ways. For more
I think the meaning of compatible with all existing browsers here is
that HTML 5 does not *require* authors to break compatibility with any
existing browser. Obviously some new features of HTML 5 will not work
in some existing browsers -- otherwise there could be no new features
in the spec! But
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Aryeh Gregorsimetrical+...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the meaning of compatible with all existing browsers here is
that HTML 5 does not *require* authors to break compatibility with any
existing browser.
I agree completely with your interpretation of the phrase.
