Re: [whatwg] Answering the question... (timing of table headers issue)

2007-08-23 Thread Dan Connolly
On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 10:40 -0700, John Foliot wrote: > [...] Despite protracted discussion (argument?) and a > formal submission from the WAI PF regarding the requirement of headers for > complicated tables on June 6, 2007 > [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0145.html], the

Re: [whatwg] Answering the question... (timing of table headers issue)

2007-08-23 Thread John Foliot
Dan Connolly wrote: > > I sympathize with your frustration, but I ask that you remain patient. Dan, Thank you for your prompt response. While patience is indeed a virtue, my (our?) patience is being sorely tested, as while the official word is that we're nowhere near deciding anything, current

Re: [whatwg] Answering the question... (timing of table headers issue)

2007-08-23 Thread Dan Connolly
On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 12:14 -0700, John Foliot wrote: > Dan Connolly wrote: > > > > I sympathize with your frustration, but I ask that you remain patient. > > Dan, > > Thank you for your prompt response. While patience is indeed a virtue, my > (our?) patience is being sorely tested, as while th

Re: [whatwg] Answering the question... (timing of table headers issue)

2007-08-23 Thread John Foliot
Dan Connolly wrote: >> * Is Lachlan Hunt definitive when stating, "HTML5 now defines the >> usemap attribute as a Hashed ID Reference, not a URI, and can only >> reference maps within the same document." >> [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189643], as well as >> "HTML5 currently will n

Re: [whatwg] Answering the question... (timing of table headers issue)

2007-08-23 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Aug 23, 2007, at 3:43 PM, John Foliot wrote: * Is Maciej Stachowiak correct when he states, "This feature is underspecified in HTML4, and not implemented by IE. It is also likely to be dropped in HTML5 and may be removed from Mozilla and Opera as a result." [http://bugs.webkit.org/sho

Re: [whatwg] Answering the question... (timing of table headers issue)

2007-08-23 Thread Ian Hickson
John, Dan and Maciej wrote: > > [snip] I'd like to request, if that is at all possible, that we keep this kind of discussion out of the WHATWG mailing list. Insofar as the WHATWG and the WHATWG HTML5 document are concerned, people are welcome to make any statements they like, especially on the

Re: [whatwg] Answering the question... (timing of table headers issue)

2007-08-24 Thread John Foliot
Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > This isn't my advice to the WebKit developers, this is my comment on a > bug report *as* a WebKit developer. However, is it the comment of a WebKit developer or as a member of the HTML5 Working Group? This lack of transparency lends the impression that the spec is be

Re: [whatwg] Answering the question... (timing of table headers issue)

2007-08-24 Thread Ian Hickson
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, John Foliot wrote: > > [...] Because you continue to abuse this mailing list, I've removed and banned your e-mail address for two weeks. It will be restored on Tuesday, September 4th. In the future, please use this mailing list properly. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E