Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-02-13 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Mounir Lamouri wrote: > Regarding week, I still believe that the use cases are pretty weak but > the most important issue is that there is no good UI for this on Mobile > AFAIK. > There aren't stock widgets, but this isn't a hard UI problem to solve. For exampl

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-02-12 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > 2013-02-12 19:26, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> The fact that authors today have a random assortment of displays for >> the exact same feature (credit card expirys) is something that would >> be great to fix, not bemoan as a loss to the world.

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-02-12 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
2013-02-12 19:26, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: The fact that authors today have a random assortment of displays for the exact same feature (credit card expirys) is something that would be great to fix, not bemoan as a loss to the world. ^_^ Well, maybe, from some point of view, but is there really so

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-02-12 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Mounir Lamouri wrote: > On 01/02/13 15:39, Glenn Maynard wrote: >> FYI, I would find this annoying. CC expiry entry forms are typically >> select boxes containing 01-12. The text lines up with what's on my credit >> card, so I don't have to translate "07" to "Jul

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-02-12 Thread Mounir Lamouri
On 01/02/13 15:39, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Bruce Lawson wrote: > >> The use-case for an input type I imagine is that a browser can have a >> select-like UI (Jan, Feb, March, April ...) which, in a French language >> browser becomes "Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril ..

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-02-01 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Bruce Lawson wrote: > The use-case for an input type I imagine is that a browser can have a > select-like UI (Jan, Feb, March, April ...) which, in a French language > browser becomes "Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril .. " (or even Vendémiaire to > Fructidor for FRC

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-01-31 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
2013-01-31 14:20, Bruce Lawson wrote: Others have commented on use-cases for collecting month, eg credit card expiries. I have seen forms that prompt for year in month to specify start of employment (apparently when the exact date is not interesting) or a month to use when searching for chea

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-01-31 Thread Charles McCathie Nevile
On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:40:50 +0100, Anne van Kesteren wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Mounir Lamouri wrote: Regarding 'month', I mostly don't understand the use case. I can't find any situation where I am asked to input a { month, year } information. Credit cards. This is the m

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-01-31 Thread Bruce Lawson
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:55:29 -, Mounir Lamouri wrote: Regarding 'month', I mostly don't understand the use case. I can't find any situation where I am asked to input a { month, year } information. Given that the element is pretty trivial to implement by authors (this is basically two or

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-01-31 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Mounir Lamouri wrote: > Regarding 'month', I mostly don't understand the use case. I can't find > any situation where I am asked to input a { month, year } information. Credit cards. > This type would solve the use cases of people trying to find a week to > meet

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-01-30 Thread Alex Bishop
On 30/01/2013 20:55, Mounir Lamouri wrote: Regarding 'month', I mostly don't understand the use case. I can't find any situation where I am asked to input a { month, year } information. Credit card expiry date? Alex -- Alex Bishop alexbis...@gmail.com

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-01-30 Thread Nicolas Froidure
On 30/01/2013 21:55, Mounir Lamouri wrote: Hi, In my war against useless input types, I had a look at 'month' and 'week' and I am wondering what was the rationale behind having them in the HTML specifications. Regarding 'month', I mostly don't understand the use case. I can't find any situation

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-01-30 Thread Bronislav Klučka
On 30.1.2013 21:55, Mounir Lamouri wrote: Hi, In my war against useless input types, I had a look at 'month' and 'week' and I am wondering what was the rationale behind having them in the HTML specifications. Regarding 'month', I mostly don't understand the use case. I can't find any situation

Re: [whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-01-30 Thread Andrew Kujtan
> Hi, > > In my war against useless input types, I had a look at 'month' and > 'week' and I am wondering what was the rationale behind having them in > the HTML specifications. > > Regarding 'month', I mostly don't understand the use case. I can't find > any situation where I am asked to input a

[whatwg] Why do we have and ?

2013-01-30 Thread Mounir Lamouri
Hi, In my war against useless input types, I had a look at 'month' and 'week' and I am wondering what was the rationale behind having them in the HTML specifications. Regarding 'month', I mostly don't understand the use case. I can't find any situation where I am asked to input a { month, year }