[whatwg] input type=search

2007-05-18 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
On May 18, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Lachlan Hunt wrote: ... * class=search The aim of this one was to be able to indicate the form specifically used for searching. This would then allow UAs, especially assistive technology, to implement keyboard shortcuts or other mechanisms for taking the user

Re: [whatwg] input type=search

2007-05-18 Thread David Hyatt
If input type=search were to be standardized, Apple would need this done in a way that would be backwards-compatible with our current syntax. Otherwise we'd be forced to require an opt-in mode for HTML5 (and that is really not something we want to have to do). dave ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) On

Re: [whatwg] Radio UserLand: Mail from Ian Hickson

2007-05-18 Thread Ian Hickson
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Jon Udell wrote: OK. Then I do propose an easy way to issue a non-interactive HTTP POST. There are two ways to do it today; XMLHttpRequest and dynamic form creation. The former allows for behind-the-scenes stuff and the latter is needed when you want to replace the

Re: [whatwg] Radio UserLand: Mail from Ian Hickson

2007-05-18 Thread Ian Hickson
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Brad Neuberg wrote: Here's a possible API for GET and POST semantics without XmlHttpRequest: window.location.href = base URL + URL parameters already appended window.location.method = GET or POST, nothing else supported If the method is a POST method, the internal

Re: [whatwg] Scripting Tweaks

2007-05-18 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On May 18, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Dean Edwards wrote: 1) Mozilla's DOMContentLoaded event is very handy. It fires when a node's content has been loaded and parsed (the DOM has been constructed). This is much better than the standard onload event as it

Re: [whatwg] Radio UserLand: Mail from Ian Hickson

2007-05-18 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On May 18, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Brad Neuberg wrote: Here's a possible API for GET and POST semantics without XmlHttpRequest: window.location.href = base URL + URL parameters already appended window.location.method = GET or POST, nothing else supported

Re: [whatwg] Scripting Tweaks

2007-05-18 Thread Ian Hickson
On Fri, 18 May 2007, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: 1) Mozilla's DOMContentLoaded event is very handy. It fires when a node's content has been loaded and parsed (the DOM has been constructed). This is much better than the standard onload event as it doesn't wait for binary content to

Re: [whatwg] Scripting Tweaks

2007-05-18 Thread liorean
On 19/05/07, Ian Hickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3) I find myself using Microsoft's uniqueID property quite often. Although the ID attribute is supposed to provide a unique identifier, it often doesn't. We would probably need a complementary DOM method to retrieve an element by uniqueID (IE