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[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Rikkert Koppes wrote:
> 
> I am currently implementing a js library to make wf2 functionality 
> available to legacy browsers (I know google is doing this too). Some 
> things that came to mind are:
> 
> - when validity flags are not set, should they equal null or false?

False. Is the spec not clear on this?


> - this might have been proposed before: consider a reset() method for 
> form controls and fieldsets

You can already do this reasonably easily; I'm not sure an explicit API is 
really that useful. I'll bear it in mind though.


> - in this light: consider a clearable or resettable boolean attribute 
> for inputs, which might display a "clear" button in the field, as seen 
> in for example the mail filter in thunderbird. This should reset the 
> control to the default value, ie calling the above reset() method, 
> example formatting:
>
> +--- legend [x] -------------------+
> |                                  |
> |    +----------------------+      |
> |    |                   [x]|      |
> |    +----------------------+      |
> +----------------------------------+
>
> which shows a clear button on a fieldset and input field. Note that 
> Opera's date related fields also have an "none" button, which might be 
> equivalent of the above

That's just a UI detail. Nothing is stopping UA implementors from 
including this kind of UI today.


> - are negative years allowed (B.C.)? the datetime description tells me 
> "four or more digits (0 to 9) representing the year" which implies "no". 
> use case: hystory questionary

No, negative years aren't allowed. As has been pointed out by others, the 
date control isn't really that useful as defined today for 
non-contemporary dates. The use case is primarily e-commerce. Historical 
cases are far more complex, rarer, and probably need custom UI, and thus 
don't really fall in our "80%" target.

Let us know if there's anything else we can do to help with your 
implementation! Also, note that there's an implementors mailing list if 
you want to discuss implementation-specific details:

   http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#imps

HTH,
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