Re: [whatwg] what use-case is there for the name-attribute on a fieldset?

2012-12-22 Thread Evert Van dansen


 From: Ian Hickson i...@hixie.ch

 There's no advantage. In fact it is an entirely useless feature as far as 
 I can tell. :-)


Ok, thank you. At least that makes sense...in a weird sort of way.


Re: [whatwg] what use-case is there for the name-attribute on a fieldset?

2012-12-21 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Evert Van dansen
evertvandan...@ymail.com wrote:
 I am sorry, perhaps I misunderstand, but I do not see what the advantage is 
 over using regular hooks (like id) in this case? Surely adding the 
 name-attribute must have been a decision based on something specific?

Oh, the reason was likely that it was already widely supported,
despite not being mentioned in HTML4.


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