On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 05:41, Ian Hickson <i...@hixie.ch> wrote: > As far as I can see the options are as follows: > > 1. Drop support for <details> and <figure> for now, revisit it later. > > 2. Use <legend>, and don't expect to be able to use it in any browsers > sanely for a few years. > > 3. Use <dt>/<dd>, and don't expect to be able to use it in old versions > of IE without rather complicated and elaborate hacks for a few years. > > 4. Invent a new element with a weird name (since all the good names are > taken already), and don't expect to be able to use it in IE without > hacks for a few years. > > I am not convinced of the wisdom of #4. I prefer #2 long term, but I see > the argument for #3.
So what you'd expect is that #3 would take about 4 years to completely fix itself, and #2 would take about 5 years. With such a small difference, I'd just choose the best option in the long term. -- Remco