On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Charles Goodwin wrote: > > WHATNG should look out for the best interests of everybody and not just > themselves.
WHATWG is an open mailing list. It looks out for the interests of everybody who subscribes and posts to the mailing list. > Adhering to existing web standards is a key part of keeping the Internet > a sane environment for both developers and users. WHATWG members represent some of the browser vendors who have done the most work to comply with the standards, and include several people who have been championing standards since their school days. WHATWG work is not intended to conflict with any existing standards, and it is indeed intended to become standard itself on the long run. > Hasn't Microsoft done enough damage already? I'm not sure how Microsoft's proprietary work compares with an open mailing list hosting open development of an open specification. > Are WHATNG just trying to add another prong to the Devil's fork? I assure you that WHATWG is not in the iron-smelting business. We are, however, working on providing Web authors with extensions to their toolset so that they can get their job done faster and better. If that toolset contains a fork and is owned by the Devil, and the Devil needs another prong to perform his Web application work, then I am sure WHATWG would be happy to look into adding a new prong. > Why not just use another namespace? 'HTMLNG'? Because our experience talking with Web authors has suggested that they do not understand the concept of namespaces. Also, namespaces do not apply to text/html content, and since WHATWG's main concern is backwards compatibility with text/html, a new namespace would not work. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk
