On October 14th, Hixie 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.
It looks like the workaround for #3 isn't quite as arduous as it first
appeared:
http://blog.jeroenvandergun.nl/7-html5-figure-and-details-do-not-break-in-ie
Wrapping the <details> or <figure> element in a <div> seems to fix
IE's parsing. It's still not ideal but it's much better than the
conditional comment <object> hackery.
(and again, this only relates to versions of IE before IE8)
So, on balance, #3 is looking more reasonable than #2 (which fails in
a lot more browsers).
Jeremy
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