[whatwg] Interaction of <wbr> and CSS white-space

[Boris Zbarsky]

On 12/15/11 3:10 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
> Whether it's<wbr>  or<nobr>  that gets defined in terms that violate CSS,
> the result is the same as far as I can tell.

Fair.  We may need changes or extensions to CSS if nothing else works.

> If we make a change here it seems better to move towards just specifying
> everything in terms of CSS, e.g. as the suggestion in my last e-mail on
> this thread. The question really is whether that CSS-only solution is a
> plausible way forward or if it has problems I haven't thought of.

It seems plausible to me; we should run it by Elika.

-Boris