Re: [whatwg] Persistent storage is critically flawed.

2006-08-28 Thread Shannon Baker
Ian Hickson wrote: This is mentioned in the Security and privacy section; the third bullet point here for example suggests blocking access to public storage areas: http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#user-tracking I did read the suggestions and I know the authors have given these

Re: [whatwg] href on any element

2006-08-28 Thread Ian Hickson
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Keryx webb wrote: Shut me up and give me a link if this has been discussed before, but I can't find it on Google. Has there been any discussion of allowing the href-attribute in (almost) any element, as in XHTML 2.0? It's been mentioned, mostly in passing. The biggest

Re: [whatwg] href on any element

2006-08-28 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Keryx webb wrote: Shut me up and give me a link if this has been discussed before, but I can't find it on Google. Has there been any discussion of allowing the href-attribute in (almost) any element, as in XHTML 2.0? Personally I think this is the one killer feature of XHTML 2 and I would

Re: [whatwg] Persistent storage is critically flawed.

2006-08-28 Thread Jim Ley
On 28/08/06, Shannon Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I accept tracking is inevitable but we shouldn't be making it easier either. You have to remember that the WHAT-WG individual is a Google employee, a company that now relies on accurate tracking of details, so don't be surprised that any

Re: [whatwg] href on any element

2006-08-28 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Ian Hickson wrote: It isn't always clear what it would mean, either (consider col href=, or optgroup href=). If the feature were to be added to Web Apps 2.0 (or other future spec) I think it would be sensible to limit it to inline, non-interactive, non-empty elements (e.g. abbr, em, strong,

Re: [whatwg] href on any element

2006-08-28 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:33:43 +0200, Lachlan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's arguably a very minor improvement, The only benefit I'm aware of is the convenience it provides to authors for hand coding, but that benefit is negligible when you consider the abilities of many authoring tools

Re: [whatwg] Persistent storage is critically flawed.

2006-08-28 Thread Martijn
On 8/28/06, Jim Ley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/08/06, Shannon Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I accept tracking is inevitable but we shouldn't be making it easier either. You have to remember that the WHAT-WG individual is a Google employee, a company that now relies on accurate tracking

Re: [whatwg] Persistent storage is critically flawed.

2006-08-28 Thread Ian Hickson
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Shannon Baker wrote: This is mentioned in the Security and privacy section; the third bullet point here for example suggests blocking access to public storage areas: http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#user-tracking I did read the suggestions

Re: [whatwg] href on any element

2006-08-28 Thread Ian Hickson
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Anne van Kesteren wrote: On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:33:43 +0200, Lachlan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's arguably a very minor improvement, The only benefit I'm aware of is the convenience it provides to authors for hand coding, but that benefit is negligible when