On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:30:28 +0200, Adam Barth <w...@adambarth.com> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Robert O'Callahan
<rob...@ocallahan.org> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Robert O'Callahan
<rob...@ocallahan.org>
wrote:
Wouldn't you consider the interoperability benefits to the Web
platform?
Not to mention the benefit of simplifying the platform a tiny bit by
removing a feature which mostly duplicates another much more well-known
feature.
I'm all for interoperability, but who's going to twist Microsoft's arm
to remove the feature from IE?
If nobody else supports it they might remove it too. Maybe hidden behind
people using a standards DOCTYPE, but that is something at least.
As far as simplifying the platform, innerText is but one grain of sand
on the beach.
There's not quite that many APIs :-)
I personally think it's worth it to try cut down on legacy features when
we can. Even if it's only one feature at a time.
--
Anne van Kesteren
http://annevankesteren.nl/
