I don't know how to answer that, as I don't know the policy at this given moment. But I did want to provide some information for the deciders. I'm just as curious; I'm not sure if or when the last time a name clash like this has occurred.
Jarred On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Antaryami Pandia <[email protected]>wrote: > So moving forward should we modify the existing HTMLMenuElement class or > keep it in some way for backward compatibility. > > Regards, > -Antaryami > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Jarred Nicholls <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Consider that menu and dir were both deprecated in HTML4 in 1999[1], and >> are obsolete with HTML5. HTML4 Transitional/loose DTD still recognizes >> them. >> >> Jarred >> >> [1]: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/lists.html#h-10.4 >> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:40 AM, Antaryami Pandia <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> We are intending to implement the HTML5 <menu> tag. >>> >>> The related specs can be found at:- >>> - >>> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-menu-element >>> - >>> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/interactive-elements.html#the-menu-element. >>> >>> A bug for the purpose is already logged at webkit bugzilla ( >>> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58454). >>> >>> Currently webkit does have a support for menu tag (not html5) with below >>> interface:- >>> >>> interface HTMLMenuElement : HTMLElement { >>> attribute [Reflect] boolean compact; >>> }; >>> >>> Where as the proposed new implementation will have the interface as:- >>> >>> interface HTMLMenuElement : HTMLElement { >>> attribute DOMString type; >>> attribute DOMString label; >>> }; >>> >>> So my question is should we also support the earlier menu tag >>> implementation? >>> >>> Regards, >>> -Antaryami >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> webkit-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> ................................................................ >> >> *Sencha* >> Jarred Nicholls, Senior Software Architect >> @jarrednicholls >> <http://twitter.com/jarrednicholls> >> >> > -- ................................................................ *Sencha* Jarred Nicholls, Senior Software Architect @jarrednicholls <http://twitter.com/jarrednicholls>
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