Ian Hickson wrote:
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Sam Ruby wrote:
Is there really any excuse for allowing "<b><i>OMG!</b></i>"? No, but
HTML5 is willing to pinch its nose with thumb and forefinger and look
the other way.
I'll reply to the rest of the thread later (I'm personally still unsure
about the proposal, and I'm eagerly reading each mail on the thread to
see what points people are making), but I just wanted to jump in here and
clarify that "<b><i>OMG!</b></i>" has exactly the same status in the spec
right now as "<img/>" does. So if what we do for "<b><i>OMG!</b></i>" is
acceptable, then I don't really understand what the proposal is.
Quite likely I read the part of the spec dealing with the "list of
active formating elements" too quickly. My mistake.
- Sam Ruby
