[html5] r7317 - [] (0) Change the way this is recommended so that UAs on platforms without an im [...]

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Author: ianh
Date: 2012-09-05 09:42:34 -0700 (Wed, 05 Sep 2012)
New Revision: 7317

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[] (0) Change the way this is recommended so that UAs on platforms without an implicit submission mechanism still get encouraged to provide one, for compat reasons.
Affected topics: HTML

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2012-09-05 16:39:58 UTC (rev 7316)
+++ complete.html	2012-09-05 16:42:34 UTC (rev 7317)
@@ -57406,7 +57406,7 @@
   <a href=#tree-order>tree order</a> whose <a href=#form-owner>form owner</a> is that
   <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element.</p>
 
-  <p>If the platform supports letting the user submit a form
+  <p>If the user agent supports letting the user submit a form
   implicitly (for example, on some platforms hitting the "enter" key
   while a text field is focused implicitly submits the form), then
   doing so for a form whose <a href=#default-button>default button</a> has a defined
@@ -57419,6 +57419,10 @@
   submitted when such an implicit submission mechanism is used. (A
   button has no <a href=#activation-behavior>activation behavior</a> when disabled.)</p>
 
+  <p class=note>There are pages on the Web that are only usable if
+  there is a way to implicitly submit forms, so user agents are
+  strongly encouraged to support this.</p>
+
   <p><!-- For Web compatibility reasons caused by obscure historical
   accidents, -->If the form has no <a href=#concept-submit-button title=concept-submit-button>submit button</a>, then the
   implicit submission mechanism must do nothing if the form has more

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2012-09-05 16:39:58 UTC (rev 7316)
+++ index	2012-09-05 16:42:34 UTC (rev 7317)
@@ -57406,7 +57406,7 @@
   <a href=#tree-order>tree order</a> whose <a href=#form-owner>form owner</a> is that
   <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element.</p>
 
-  <p>If the platform supports letting the user submit a form
+  <p>If the user agent supports letting the user submit a form
   implicitly (for example, on some platforms hitting the "enter" key
   while a text field is focused implicitly submits the form), then
   doing so for a form whose <a href=#default-button>default button</a> has a defined
@@ -57419,6 +57419,10 @@
   submitted when such an implicit submission mechanism is used. (A
   button has no <a href=#activation-behavior>activation behavior</a> when disabled.)</p>
 
+  <p class=note>There are pages on the Web that are only usable if
+  there is a way to implicitly submit forms, so user agents are
+  strongly encouraged to support this.</p>
+
   <p><!-- For Web compatibility reasons caused by obscure historical
   accidents, -->If the form has no <a href=#concept-submit-button title=concept-submit-button>submit button</a>, then the
   implicit submission mechanism must do nothing if the form has more

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2012-09-05 16:39:58 UTC (rev 7316)
+++ source	2012-09-05 16:42:34 UTC (rev 7317)
@@ -67026,7 +67026,7 @@
   <span>tree order</span> whose <span>form owner</span> is that
   <code>form</code> element.</p>
 
-  <p>If the platform supports letting the user submit a form
+  <p>If the user agent supports letting the user submit a form
   implicitly (for example, on some platforms hitting the "enter" key
   while a text field is focused implicitly submits the form), then
   doing so for a form whose <span>default button</span> has a defined
@@ -67039,6 +67039,10 @@
   submitted when such an implicit submission mechanism is used. (A
   button has no <span>activation behavior</span> when disabled.)</p>
 
+  <p class="note">There are pages on the Web that are only usable if
+  there is a way to implicitly submit forms, so user agents are
+  strongly encouraged to support this.</p>
+
   <p><!-- For Web compatibility reasons caused by obscure historical
   accidents, -->If the form has no <span
   title="concept-submit-button">submit button</span>, then the