Am 24.08.10 12:38, schrieb Henri Sivonen:
On Aug 9, 2010, at 04:07, Tantek Çelik wrote:
* it has the *semantic* of being a year, which is a special type of
number (potentially more than four digits if you subscribe to "Long
Now"[1] methodology, or fewer than four as Andy noted).
Why is it useful to declare this semantic to the browser? What functional
difference do you envision compared to a field that accepts an integer
(potentially with min and max values relevant to the site)?
Future browser could offer a calendar tool to fill input fields that
have a date semantic. While this would be appropriate, it would not be
appropriate to offer a calendar tool for other integer data e.g. an
input field that asks the user for his monthly income in USD.
