DOM properties are not becoming obsolete; accessing attributes by properties is. Chris
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garrett Smith Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:18 AM To: Kristof Zelechovski Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [whatwg] Placeholder option for text input boxes On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:43 PM, Kristof Zelechovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would rather test whether a brand new INPUT object of type SEARCH has an > attribute named "placeholder". Accessing attributes as properties is > discouraged and considered becoming obsolete; it should not be expected to > work for new attributes. Can you provide an example or evidence of DOM properties becoming obsolete (other than safari not supporting input.placeholder)? Garrett