[whatwg] HTML 5 : Misconceptions Documented
Mike Wilson
mikewse at hotmail.com
Sun Jan 18 12:05:52 PST 2009
Lachlan Hunt wrote:
> <a lot of interesting stuff>
Thanks for all the information, it sounds good and reasonable.
Well done!
> >>>> The idea is to make it so that browsers don't feel forced to
> >>>> add _any_ non-standard behavior (other than experimental
> >>>> innovations using vendor-prefixed names and stuff).
> >
> > Do you think this will happen with the current popular browsers,
> > ie will they actually remove existing code that implements
> > workarounds that don't make it into HTML5?
> > Or will they employ some "legacy vs HTML5" mode switching where
> > their custom workarounds are only in legacy mode?
>
> <snip>
> There will not be, at least in Opera, Firefox or Safari, new
> modes added beyond the existing no quirks, limited quirks and
> quirks modes.
Do you reckon all, or only some of, these modes will implement the
HTML5 spec? (and differ only in css/rendering)
Best regards
Mike
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