[WSG] HTML5 input type=date / and you

2012-07-01 Thread James Ducker
Hi all, I just got a little burned by Chrome's new date popup for HTML date-type inputs! *Why?* - Because when I wrote the original code, I hadn't read up on the new properties being added to HTML5 input types - Because I was using a js-based datepicker plugin to implement the same

Re: [WSG] HTML5 input type=date / and you

2012-07-01 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
On 02/07/2012 01:55, James Ducker wrote: element.valueAsDate This property is designed to solve your locale woes, and it is also an easy way to feature-detect a browser's native support for the date input type. I haven't gone through all current browsers yet, so if you do use this method, make

Re: [WSG] HTML5 input type=date / and you

2012-07-01 Thread James Ducker
The only issue I've found so far is that Safari's implementation of the date type sucks. It gives you little up/down chevrons which add or subtract one day at a time. So my working code also treats Safari as datepicker-not-implemented. For me, as I make use of the valueAsDate property when it's

Re: [WSG] which tag to use for link to reference?

2012-07-01 Thread tee
Thanks David. I think ePub3 and HTML5 support is still not here. When converting the HTML5 doctype files to ePub, Sigil (an ePub editor) forces ePub2 version and stripped all HTML5 tags. Converting to mobil format for Amazon Kindle is even worse, I feel as if dealing with the IE6 7. Tee

Re: [WSG] which tag to use for link to reference?

2012-07-01 Thread Teddy Knoy
These e-mails aren't intended for me, but I keep on receiving them. Ted Knoy On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 10:52 AM, tee weblis...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks David. I think ePub3 and HTML5 support is still not here. When converting the HTML5 doctype files to ePub, Sigil (an ePub editor) forces ePub2

Re: [WSG] HTML5 input type=date / and you

2012-07-01 Thread Teddy Knoy
These e-mails aren't intended for me, but I keep receiving them. Ted Knoy On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 9:57 AM, James Ducker james.duc...@gmail.com wrote: The only issue I've found so far is that Safari's implementation of the date type sucks. It gives you little up/down chevrons which add or