Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
While I sympathize with the desire to see current HTML5 form controls implemented first, frankly, we would be more interested in implementing <input type="tel"> than the six different date/time controls currently in HTML5. It seems to me that entering a phone number is much more common than entering any kind of date at all, and certainly more common than entering a month or a week.
It'd be interesting to get some data here, for sure. I don't enter phone numbers on websites unless I'm registering for something for the first time and it absolutely requires one (not that common, unless they expect to actually interact with you via phone).
On the other hand, I enter dates at least 5 times a month (scheduling electronic payments for gas, electricity, credit cards, rent). Any time I plan travel I enter a whole bunch of dates (orbitz, expedia, trying different days if my dates are flexible, etc).
Of course this is all anecdotal evidence, which is where data would be handy.
I agree that entering a week is pretty rare, though. ;) -Boris
