>
> Legacy.
>
> Most of the DOM class is just legacy, back when com.google.gwt.dom didn't 
> exist yet and all we had was c.g.g.u.c.DOM and c.g.g.u.c.Element. I think I 
> once proposed deprecating the DOM class but was told some things had no 
> equivalent elsewhere so it was a bad idea; there's also the problem that 
> many widgets still use c.g.g.u.c.DOM and have never been migrated to 
> c.g.g.dom.client.Element equivalents.
>
> I think we can now safely remove getAttribute and start deprecating other 
> methods of c.g.g.u.c.DOM (e.g. getElementProperty)
>

I would happily help to remove that stuff. I can very well remember how 
confusing it was to me when I started using DOM elements and native events 
the first time. Wasn't the nicest experience while using GWT. 

-- J.

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