Re: [whatwg] A plea to Hixie to adopt

2012-11-07 Thread Ben Schwarz
In response to Silvia's comments— I think relying on is a pretty good result, I think we need to stretch further. An is a piece of content that isn't semantically defined on its parents. (right?) Shouldn't we have a way to define this without confusing the "main" content of the 'page'?

Re: [whatwg] A plea to Hixie to adopt

2012-11-07 Thread Ben Schwarz
"Skip to main" isn't the only use case :-) FYI, as a web designer, (slap me here) I've almost never designed in a "skip to main" link. Call me ignorant (probably fitting), but in the "real world" a new way to markup 'skip to main' isn't on my mind. What does concern me, as a web builder, *eve

Re: [whatwg] A plea to Hixie to adopt

2012-11-07 Thread Ben Schwarz
Steve, you never fail to amaze me. (Thank you!) So, with it laid out as clearly as that, the glaringly obvious missing element is . (Thank you Simon) Over to you, @Hixie. On 08/11/2012, at 1:53 AM, Steve Faulkner wrote: > Hi Ben, > > I generally markup pages using ARIA roles: > > > >

Re: [whatwg] A plea to Hixie to adopt

2012-11-07 Thread Ben Schwarz
I generally markup pages using ARIA roles: and variations thereafter— If there were to be a attribute (with an implicit ARIA role to match), where would it end? ? What is to be gained by adding an element, rather than using ARIA roles? Isn't that what ARIA is designed for? On 08/11/

Re: [whatwg] Correcting some misconceptions about Responsive Images

2012-05-21 Thread Ben Schwarz
Tab, Thanks for going to effort of providing some clear and detailed notes about this. I think the rest of the committee could learn from this account, and perhaps consider theres a lot more to communication than editing a live-spec and dumping it into the mailing list. On 22/05/2012, at 10

Re: [whatwg] Correcting some misconceptions about Responsive Images

2012-05-17 Thread Ben Schwarz
Non announcement _here_ is one thing, sure; but as those aiming to plan, test and measure different approaches, it's your role to research other developments out side of the WHATWG bubble. WHATWG does not exist to be a closed society. On 17/05/2012, at 6:46 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > >

Re: [whatwg] Custom protocol handlers

2011-07-18 Thread Ben Schwarz
nd implement an integration experience On Monday, 18 July 2011 at 9:10 AM, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote: > Þann sun 17.júl 2011 22:46, skrifaði Ben Schwarz: > > > > 3) > > As a web designer / developer > > I want to be able to ascertain if another website has registered a

[whatwg] Custom protocol handlers

2011-07-17 Thread Ben Schwarz
After recently discovering custom protocol handlers[1], it struck me that it would be difficult to provide a decent user experience for those who used browsers which did not support the feature. There have been previous calls to add further methods to the custom protocol ecosystem, such as a mo

[whatwg] localStorage cache expiry

2010-12-07 Thread Ben Schwarz
t;whatwg/w3c in an effort to extend the current scope of >localStorage/sessionStorage. I'm looking for feedback and discussion that will aid the HTML5 storage specification, with real software as a form of user requirement, rather than imagination. Cheers, Ben Schwarz -- + germanforblack.com + ab-c.com.au

Re: [whatwg] Please consider adding a couple more datetime types - type="year" and type="month-day"

2010-08-08 Thread Ben Schwarz
> > > On Mon, August 9, 2010 02:59, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > Because you can find an example isn't exactly what I would call a "use > > case". > > I didn't find "an example", I found many - more than one of which I > quoted, by way of

Re: [whatwg] Please consider adding a couple more datetime types - type="year" and type="month-day"

2010-08-08 Thread Ben Schwarz
've highlighted here, rather than shoehorning it in. Is there someone on this list who feels passionately enough to make some working examples and demos? On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On Mon, August 9, 2010 02:19, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > While creating an input

Re: [whatwg] Please consider adding a couple more datetime types - type="year" and type="month-day"

2010-08-08 Thread Ben Schwarz
While creating an input that works for every use case you can think of sounds like a good idea, I'd like to question weather a user would ever *enter a date* that would require the inclusion of BC/AD. I'm certain that there is a requirement to markup such text, but as for * entry* I'm strongly of

Re: [whatwg] "Content-Disposition" property for tags

2010-08-02 Thread Ben Schwarz
I'm really not too sure what pre-existing problem this actually solves. Given that a server sets the correct mime-types for a given resource, we know what "type" it is already. Setting the Content-disposition on the client side creates an annoying user experience. If I want to open a link in a ne

[whatwg] proposal - link relations: rel="prefetch" to be exchanged for a boolean attribute

2010-07-04 Thread Ben Schwarz
Hi All, I'm sure link relations have already had many debates around how they should work and the exact use case that they cover. I'd like to add another card to the deck :-) When using link relations on an "a" tag, one would find it useful to have "next" and "previous" link relations, this is e