Re: [whatwg] [HTML5] Named start values for lists?

2006-06-26 Thread Lachlan Hunt
dolphinling wrote: HTML5 brings back the |start| attribute on ordered lists. This allows a list to semantically start with a number other than one. It seems like the major use case for this is to split lists up, so that a single list is marked by multiple s. Other use cases include the abilit

Re: [whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2

2006-06-26 Thread Andrew Fedoniouk
- Original Message - From: "Matthew Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andrew Fedoniouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2 Andrew Fedoniouk wrote: Spellchecker looks like pure behavioral ent

[whatwg] [HTML5] Named start values for lists?

2006-06-26 Thread dolphinling
HTML5 brings back the |start| attribute on ordered lists. This allows a list to semantically start with a number other than one. It seems like the major use case for this is to split lists up, so that a single list is marked by multiple s. Would it therefore make sense to allow named start val

Re: [whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2

2006-06-26 Thread Matthew Raymond
Anne van Kesteren wrote: > Quoting Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> If this whole attribute rigmarole is merely about trying to distinguish >> between an containing email addresses and one >> containing a subject line, then it seems like a storm in a teacup to me. >> Either people have to m

Re: [whatwg] "secure" attribute in Storage section of WA spec

2006-06-26 Thread Ian Hickson
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Gervase Markham wrote: > > > > interface StorageItem { > >attribute boolean secure; > >attribute DOMString value; > > }; > > I would like to suggest the the "secure" attribute be an integer rather > than a boolean, initially with 0 meaning insecure, an

Re: [whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2

2006-06-26 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
On Jun 25, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Lachlan Hunt wrote: Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: ... But realistically, browsers won't "allow the user to easily override it if they want to", because any interface for doing that would be absurd. ... * Status bar icon/text that indicates if spell checking is on or

Re: [whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2

2006-06-26 Thread Anne van Kesteren
Quoting Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: If this whole attribute rigmarole is merely about trying to distinguish between an containing email addresses and one containing a subject line, then it seems like a storm in a teacup to me. Either people have to manually request it for subject lines,

Re: [whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2

2006-06-26 Thread James Graham
Gervase Markham wrote: James Graham wrote: The only sensible use case that has been suggested so far is for online email apps which allow > 1 email addresses in an - in this case none of the text will be recognized by the spellchecker vs. an which contains an email subject line, which should b

[whatwg] "secure" attribute in Storage section of WA spec

2006-06-26 Thread Gervase Markham
The Web Applications 1.0 spec says: > 5.7.3. The StorageItem interface > > Items in Storage objects are represented by objects implementing the > StorageItem interface. > > interface StorageItem { >attribute boolean secure; >attribute DOMString value; > }; I would like t

Re: [whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2

2006-06-26 Thread Gervase Markham
James Graham wrote: > The only sensible use case that has been suggested so far is for online > email apps which allow > 1 email addresses in an - > in this case none of the text will be recognized by the spellchecker vs. > an which contains an email subject line, which > should be spellchecked.

Re: [whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2

2006-06-26 Thread James Graham
Gervase Markham wrote: Alexey Feldgendler wrote: Check spelling: ( ) Never (*) As the page author suggests ( ) Always This isn't actually strictly necessary at all - one can imagine the setting being on a per field basis with the author value representing the default and the user being able

Re: [whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2

2006-06-26 Thread Gervase Markham
Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > Check spelling: > ( ) Never > (*) As the page author suggests > ( ) Always But that really brings out the foolishness of the idea. I can imagine a user looking at that option and thinking "Duh - how on earth is the page author ever going to know when and how I want spel