On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:19:23 +0100, Remy Sharp <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I know Bruce Lawson has mentioned that this has been brought up before,
but I couldn't find it in the archives (searching "small"), so I'd like
to bring it up again.
I suggested it in the w3c list, not this one. Link:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Jan/0130.html
...
When I wrap *everything* in the small element (as seen here:
http://jsbin.com/okevo ) all the browsers I've tested it in renders the
text as I would expect, but it doesn't validate against the HTML 5
parsing rules (as you'd expect).
....
Here's the list of the compatible browsers (I could have done more
browsers, but I think this test with 10 proves the support is solid):
http://leftlogic.litmusapp.com/pub/a5fa8ed
Previously we got on a bit of a navelgaze about what constitutes legalese/
disclaimers and whether any sites actually use it. But given that browsers
currently allow <small> to go round block level elements, I agree with
Remy that we should document the current state of browsers and allow the
element to be both "inline" and "block", like <a>, <ins> and <del>.
bruce
