00:00:02 The spec is writen in such a way that xhtml5 would be impossible to implement. I have suggested ways to improve this and you refuse to listen to them 00:00:06 dedridge, good ideas do get added to the spec, or will in due course 00:00:25 NO they don't Lachy! 00:00:28 xhtml5 is not impossible to implement at all 00:00:40 Yes it is. 00:00:44 how? 00:01:01 There needs to be support for application/xhtml+xml 00:01:08 i have over 3600 e-mails to reply to, i'll reply to them all in due course. see http://whatwg.org/issues/ for the list of e-mails I still have to reply to, and http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/products/1 for the HTMLWG's list of issues that I will reply to. 00:01:23 if you have sent something that isn't on those lists, then speak to smedero about adding it to the issues list 00:01:30 if it is a opt in, it can't be supported 00:01:31 dedridge, the spec supports application/xhtml+xml. 00:01:59 wtf? 00:02:11 dedridge: what do you mean by "impossible to implement"? 00:02:18 dedridge: if you want application/xhtml+xml support in browsers that don't have it already, I suggest you publish killer content *only* as application/xhtml+xml 00:02:20 But the spec says that support for application/xhtml+xml is optional 00:02:37 dedridge, that doesn't make it impossible to implement. It just makes it a choice 00:02:54 dedridge: you can stop content negotiation today 00:03:06 nn. 00:03:16 nn hsivonen 00:03:36 there are UAs for which supporting xhtml is not necessary or desired. That doesn't stop any other UA from supporting it 00:03:43 How about that spec say that support for text/html is optional 00:03:52 I thought it did say that text/html was optional 00:03:58 text/html _is_ optional 00:04:07 "Implementations may support only one of these two formats, although supporting both is encouraged." 00:04:09 dedridge, it says UAs can implement either 00:04:28 BUt we all that it will be supported (text/html) so its nonsense 00:04:31 one of the reasons innerHTML uses an XML parser in XML 00:04:56 People making HTML UAs other than web browsers could quite reasonably not support text/html 00:05:21 Philip: I know 00:05:51 dedridge: the spec saying that something "must" be supported doesn't make it supported, whether we leave it optional or required will not change microsoft's plans. 00:06:23 Yes it will, because they wont be able to say the support the spec 00:06:33 dedridge: has that stopped them before? 00:06:48 Lauchy: You tell me? 00:07:05 now seems like a good time to leave, g'night! 00:07:15 dedridge: (also, by not making it required i'm not ignoring your feedback -- we also have feedback that says it should be optional. when there are conflicting requests, i can't make everyone happy. why should i make you happy instead of someone else? it's just a matter of balancing the technical arguments.) 00:07:21 nn anne 00:07:27 appendix c stopped them last time 00:07:40 now we have a new appendix c 00:07:46 they didn't implement all of css2.1 but they say they do 00:07:58 they didn't implement all of html4 but they say they do 00:08:04 (this applies to all browsers, not just microsoft) 00:08:59 But is just so happens that it works out the way you like Ian 00:09:02 indeed, I don't think anyone has a completely valid xhtml1 or html4 parser 00:09:03 I think if you want IE to support XHTML, the best thing to do is make the request to Microsoft 00:09:07 Funny that 00:09:25 It's not just IE 00:10:01 dedridge: Hixie doesn't like everything in the spec 00:10:05 neither do I 00:10:06 if you're talking about mobile browsers, they already pretend to support XHTML badly (sometimes only XHTML) 00:10:34 You guys don't want people to use XHTML. Just have the courage to admit it 00:10:39 if you're talking about Safari/Firefox/Opera, I can't imagine any of those removing XHTML support 00:11:01 dedridge, no-one is against people using XHTML if they choose to use it 00:11:12 dedridge: I use XHTML. I don't care if others do and we don't really have any power to make them do it. 00:11:16 Why would you name a spec html5 if it was truly xhtml too 00:11:30 WebKit has pretty good XHTML support that we are regularly improving 00:11:48 there's no real web compatibility need for it 00:11:56 Kingryan: No, that's the point 00:12:08 dedridge: ? 00:12:19 so I don't know why you think I would be against people using it 00:12:23 not everone needs to use xhtml. We just need ua support for it 00:12:42 dedridge: how do you propose that this group get UAs to support xhtml? 00:12:50 there are indeed a growing number of things in the html5 spec that i don't like. silly technical arguments always getting in the way of what i want. :-P 00:12:52 BY your attitude mjs, the things you say 00:12:57 dedridge, 3 out of 4 major UAs do support it. Your problem is with MS 00:13:03 so words speak louder than actions? 00:13:26 mjs: I've always thought that "code is law" :) 00:13:35 I can't lobby MS if the spec doesn't require it 00:13:59 dedridge: yes you can 00:14:01 the xhtml spec requires it 00:14:11 coffee time, bbiab 00:14:30 But the xhtml spec is nonsense 00:14:34 how so? 00:14:40 no one will use xhtml1.x 00:14:43 yeah well no argument from me there 00:15:00 any one wanting to use xhtml will use xhtml5 00:15:02 (incidentally, i actually would quite like the spec to require xhtml support. i just don't see that the arguments in favour are very strong compared to the arguments against.) 00:15:30 Think of it this way... 00:16:19 if 2% of users used xhtml5 you would still need 100% of ua support for xhtml5 00:16:48 i don't think anyone here disagrees 00:16:55 requiring XHTML, requires implementing an XML parser ... if you are building a consumer electronics device with limited system memory... you may not want to have an entire XML stack you have no interest in using. 00:16:59 You can't get 100% support for it without it being compulsary 00:17:02 I don't know if we'll even get 100% of UAs to support the non-x version of html5 00:17:02 if we didn't want xhtml, we wouldn't have so much of the spec dedicated to defining how it works 00:17:07 for instance... there are consumer electronics devices like the Chumby 00:17:18 which actually uses xHTML widgets 00:17:27 but let's just say they only HTML 00:17:34 and in no other way would they want to use XML 00:17:45 why force them to bundle an XML library with their software? 00:17:59 The parser is only a fairly minor part of a browser engine, so it wouldn't make that much difference 00:18:06 OK, do you think that someone can use xhtml5 in 5 yers time with out content-negotiation? 00:18:19 No. 00:18:52 wilhelm: why? how about 10 years? 00:19:37 the spec can change that I think 00:19:53 you are far too optimistic about the power of specifications 00:19:56 anyway, Hixie points out the fallacy with assuming a MUST will make a UA implementor magically do everything the spec says. 00:20:12 history is very much against you on this point. 00:20:14 Even if MS did implement XHTML support in IE8, IE7 will not be gone in five years. 00:20:21 A must is a good start 00:20:38 dedridge: Which "someone" do you mean? (I've already got some XHTML-only pages; Google wouldn't require XHTML support until approximately nobody uses IE7; other people will be at varying points in the middle, depending on what users they care about) 00:21:21 wilhelm: i can deal with ie7 later 00:21:26 yeah, i made an xhtml-only site about 7 years ago 00:22:02 I agree with most of what you are saying... 00:22:05 but... 00:22:28 HTML5 is probably not going to be on Microsoft's radar for a while 00:22:31 is xhtml5 going to be usable 00:22:50 I suspect they will implement XHTML before they start taking HTML5 support seriously 00:23:10 mjs: I think we can change that, we have to 00:23:26 how can we possibly change microsoft's priorities? 00:23:58 by getting people to use better browsers that offer new features 00:24:07 doing my best on that one :-) 00:24:08 dedridge: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990418.html <- this is still valid today, maybe even more so 00:24:24 as are Mozilla and Opera 00:24:28 you must have a plan right? :) 00:24:59 dedridge: that's other browsers, that's not the working group 00:26:38 dedridge: indeed, getting the market to put pressure on MS is a valid way to get them to change 00:26:51 but the market and the spec are two different things 00:26:59 and the former controls the latter 00:27:58 But I can't lobby MS to support xhtml5 if there is no such official language and the spec says that xhtml support is optional 00:28:28 dedridge: are you saying that MS won't support a technology unless a W3C spec says they must? 00:28:34 dedridge: but adding MUST requirements to the spec for political reasons weakens the spec 00:29:11 inimino: no. not at all. but it certainly helps 00:29:49 you can ask for support even if it's optional 00:29:56 just say "please support xhtml" 00:30:23 It's not actually political reasons. It's simply to enable the use of xhtml 00:30:34 Lachy has joined #html-wg 00:31:05 but lobbying Microsoft or anyone else to support XHTML in the absense of market forces is basicall politics, no? 00:31:06 dedridge: this is where I think you're wrong. must's don't enable anything. 00:33:12 Thezilch has joined #html-wg 00:37:29 hixie: I have asked - > http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/05/internet-explorer-8.aspx#6679356 00:39:15 Kingryan: i disagree, without a MUST , MS will always be able to say that support is optional 00:39:47 dedridge: but support *is* optional, because html5 is optional 00:39:59 microsoft don't have to do anything this group says 00:41:52 html5 will not be optional? Once it is finished it will be a W3C rec. then it will be an official "web standard" 00:42:22 then opera can take MS to court if they don't support it 00:42:23 dedridge: it's still optional then. no one *has* to follow the w3c's recommendations 00:43:04 I think that needs to change. Goverments should enforce standards 00:43:43 XHTML1 is a W3C recommendation. 00:43:51 Microsoft said their goal is interoperability, and standards are just a way to reach that goal - they won't support standards simply because they're standards (and I'm not aware of anyone else who does that either) 00:44:10 [They didn't say the bit after the hyphen, I think] 00:44:57 LOL xhtml1 was a joke. appendix c killed that one off 00:45:16 i really don't think the goverments should get involved in software development and deployment. that would be a disaster. 00:45:19 dedridge: then we should make sure that html5 isn't a joke :) 00:45:38 i can't even begin to imagine how bad that would be 00:45:44 Is it possible to enforce standards on software? If there were e.g. specific requirements on making a Java implementation, it's trivial to make e.g. a J++ implementation and no longer have to follow those rules 00:45:48 governments have more important things to deal with, like war and poverty 00:46:24 What about the netherlands? 00:47:27 the netherlands don't have any poor people? 00:47:45 Govenments enforce standards for all sorts of things. Why not the web 00:48:40 I don't know if the NL's have any poor people or not. But don't they have strict standards on for web sites 00:49:10 Governments are already involved 00:49:22 timbl has joined #html-wg 00:49:32 but if you think they should mandate HTML5, you should be asking your government, not the W3C 00:50:52 inimimo: No, the w3c must come first. I can't get my government to supprt something that isn't an official standard 00:51:29 Wouldn't it have to be something like ISO before it would be considered "official"? 00:51:30 dedridge: yes, but as W3C standards do not carry force of law, they must be written with a careful consideration of market forces 00:54:55 AFAIK, the only W3C spec to get any sort of government backing has been WCAG 1.0 00:55:29 and that's not all governments 00:56:15 anyway, my point was that xhtml5 is unusable without compulsary support for application/xhtml+xml. No one's convinced be otherwise, or justified the need to keep the spec as it stands 00:56:34 Has any government required WCAG for anything other than their own sites? 00:57:33 Philip: not sure. 00:58:34 dedridge: even if that's true, that's not necessarily an argument for making it a MUST in the spec 00:59:41 dedridge: essentially you want the HTML5 spec to be a tool to force XHTML adoption, but it's not clear that that would work 01:03:02 inimimo: please don't tell me what I want :) 01:04:44 inimino: it only makes sense to require support for the language that is being specified in the spec. The spec isn't just text/html 01:05:54 does the html 4 spec say that support for the text/html media type is optional? I doubt it. 01:06:42 why should the xhtml5 spec say that support for it's media type be optional? 01:07:08 dedridge: that was my interpretation of your remarks about Microsoft and XHTML support, if I misinterpreted then I don't know what you want 01:07:24 dedridge: it is not optional for XHTML support, it is just that XHTML support is optional 01:12:28 trackbot-ng has joined #html-wg 01:12:34 Tracking ISSUEs and ACTIONs from http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/ 01:13:50 Lachy has joined #html-wg 01:32:41 mjs has joined #html-wg 01:54:24 Thezilch has joined #html-wg 03:10:09 DougJ has joined #html-wg 03:15:10 DougJ has left #html-wg 03:36:45 dbaron has joined #html-wg 03:44:10 Thezilch[FH] has joined #html-wg 04:04:25 timbl has joined #html-wg 04:04:30 Hixie, mjs, ping 04:53:19 timbl_ has joined #html-wg 05:16:35 Thezilch has joined #html-wg 06:48:06 adele has joined #html-wg 06:48:52 adele has joined #html-wg 07:52:39 mjs has joined #html-wg 07:53:33 shepazu: pong 07:55:16 mjs, just wanted to note that I don't think DanC is backing off from publication, just wanting to get the ducks in a row for a January publication (that's my impression) 07:55:53 also, in an unrelated note, Safari's FF support is pretty good :) 07:55:57 oops 07:56:05 I mean, Safari's SVG support 07:56:31 shepazu: I wasn't (vociferously) complaining, but I don't understand what the remaining delay is 07:56:53 I'm still waiting on Safari's support for Firefox, that's a much-needed implementation 07:57:00 I do think it's fair to wait until after the holidays to start the patent clock if that is the issue, but I'm not really clear on what the issue is 07:57:03 thanks for saying so 07:57:32 shepazu: we're polishing up support for SVG in and CSS background images for the next release 07:57:38 and there will be more advanced text support 07:57:55 mjs, I'm not sure either, but the immediate issue is that there's a moratorium on publication 07:58:05 due to holidays and such 07:58:15 looking forward to that 07:58:23 well, there's a moratorium now 07:58:30 there wasn't earlier today or yesterday 07:58:45 right... the deadline was noon EST 07:58:48 but I can see that sliding it in under the wire might not be the best choice 07:59:22 yeah, I do think that in Dan's mind it was a matter of propriety (my interpretation) 07:59:52 and honestly, a couple of weeks won't change much 08:00:08 and hopefully that's all it will be 08:00:50 I'm happy with the fact that there is a deadline set 08:01:04 yes, I think we all are 08:01:49 and that's a far deadline, one I don't think we'll come close to reaching... I'm hoping for FPWD in January 08:02:05 ... of 2007 ;) 08:02:05 me too (now that December is off the table) 08:02:28 anyway, that was all 08:02:30 thanks 08:05:16 one of us.... one of us... 08:05:22 don't worry, it's not a cult 08:06:34 for me, the main problems are switching between apps (and subwindows, like emails), and trying to find replacement tools for familiar functionality 08:06:56 I'm missing a good text editor and CVS client like TortoiseCVS 08:07:18 but it's very zippy and I like spotlight a lot 08:08:50 cmd-tab to switch apps, cmd-~ to switch windows within an app 08:08:59 or better yet, set up expose to trigger from a screen corner 08:09:05 if you like the rodent 08:09:09 expose fucking rocks 08:09:55 I like expose and I use cmd-tab... it's more that I'm used to the windows taskbar... I'll adjust 08:10:47 I'm used to different kinds of notifications about events like activity in a chat window (though I quite like Colloquy and Adium) 08:11:13 I know about the corner thing, but that's not my speed 08:11:52 the top thing I have found that confuses windows switchers, even after a while, is that many apps do not quit when you close the last window 08:11:58 (document-based apps basically) 08:12:18 I have Growl, too, and I think I can customize that 08:12:25 yeah, that is confusing :) 08:13:10 but I'm starting to get used to cmd+Q 08:13:37 ... I just have to kill some stray apps once in a while 08:14:06 I hear BBEdit is good, but I'm not impressed with the free text editors I've tried 08:15:23 I have a good friend who's going to give me lessons, though, so I'm sure I will adapt soon enough 09:00:36 tH_ has joined #html-wg 09:05:46 olivier has joined #html-wg 09:43:12 Lachy has joined #html-wg 09:47:12 Tracking ISSUEs and ACTIONs from http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/ 09:54:17 ROBOd has joined #html-wg 09:55:36 trackbot-ng has joined #html-wg 09:55:42 Tracking ISSUEs and ACTIONs from http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/ 09:55:56 ah, cmd-~, didn't know that one 11:07:12 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/12/19/let-me-hear-your-standards-body-talk/ 11:44:47 dedridge has left #html-wg 12:14:47 MikeSmith has joined #html-wg 12:15:03 MikeSmith has joined #html-wg 12:16:00 hi MikeSmith! 12:16:55 anne - hei 12:17:15 'Morning. (c: 12:17:17 timbl has joined #html-wg 12:17:46 Aren't you supposed to be on vacation Mike? 12:18:51 wow, first time I've seen wilhelm on #html-wg (at least as far as I can remember) 12:19:02 xover - yep, sorta partial vacation 12:19:38 No rest for theā€¦, etc. 12:19:55 I've been randomly lurking for a while. 12:27:29 dedridge has joined #html-wg 12:56:47 zcorpan has joined #html-wg 13:03:05 aaronlev has joined #html-wg 14:01:37 trackbot-ng has joined #html-wg 14:01:43 Tracking ISSUEs and ACTIONs from http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/ 14:08:36 trackbot-ng has joined #html-wg 14:08:42 Tracking ISSUEs and ACTIONs from http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/ 14:17:42 myakura has joined #html-wg 14:22:06 gsnedders has joined #html-wg 14:22:38 smedero has joined #html-wg 14:27:57 matt has joined #html-wg 14:49:42 hasather has joined #html-wg 14:58:15 timbl has joined #html-wg 15:12:14 so IE now does

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thanks to Acid2 15:12:20 I'm not a big fan of that 15:13:03 It's compliant with HTML4 and all but I rather have less differences in quirks mode than more and being slightly more compliant with HTML4 15:14:27 Is having other browsers do

more practical? 15:17:05 I'm not entirely convinced "practical" matters here, but then I'm representing a browser vendor and have a background in QA 15:17:17 And at this point it's probably a lost cause 15:17:19 anne has left #html-wg 15:17:34 anne has joined #html-wg 15:18:01 oops 15:18:17 Ctrl+Q is too close to Ctrl+W (or vice versa) 15:18:23 Lock tab 15:19:18 Lock tab doesn't help with Ctrl+Q as that closes down the browser 15:19:57 But it removes the need to press ctrl-w (since it won't do anything) :) 15:20:25 anne: no, the annoying thing is when you ctrl+q with the focus on something apart from what you mena :P 15:20:27 *mean 15:29:48 billmason has joined #html-wg 15:31:14 dedridge has left #html-wg 15:33:05 Lachy has joined #html-wg 15:36:37 trackbot-ng has joined #html-wg 15:36:43 Tracking ISSUEs and ACTIONs from http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/ 15:42:10 DanC has joined #html-wg 15:53:30 timbl_ has joined #html-wg 15:58:13 billmason has joined #html-wg 16:26:17 trackbot-ng has joined #html-wg 16:31:17 trackbot-ng has joined #html-wg 16:36:17 trackbot-ng has joined #html-wg 16:42:17 trackbot-ng has joined #html-wg 17:47:26 adele has joined #html-wg 18:04:47 Sander has joined #html-wg 18:07:21 aaronlev has joined #html-wg 18:18:54 mjs has joined #html-wg 18:30:43 hober has joined #html-wg 18:40:03 jgraham has joined #html-wg 18:40:08 jgraham_ has joined #html-wg 18:50:21 tH_ has joined #html-wg 18:53:49 kingryan has joined #html-wg 18:57:10 kingryan has joined #html-wg 19:06:17 timbl has joined #html-wg 19:15:32 adele has joined #html-wg 19:16:06 adele has joined #html-wg 19:26:35 aaronlev has joined #html-wg 19:55:03 Sander has joined #html-wg 20:08:00 mjs has joined #html-wg 20:08:22 preston has joined #html-wg 20:10:49 timbl has joined #html-wg 20:14:32 Lachy has joined #html-wg 20:17:03 matt has joined #html-wg 20:22:49 timbl has joined #html-wg 20:39:43 timbl has joined #html-wg 20:46:24 preston has joined #html-wg 21:04:31 timbl has joined #html-wg 22:51:29 Thezilch has joined #html-wg 22:57:19 MikeSmith has joined #html-wg 22:57:39 MikeSmith has joined #html-wg 23:05:39 smedero has joined #html-wg 23:09:38 oedipus has joined #html-wg 23:14:36 oedipus has joined #html-wg 23:14:57 olli has joined #html-wg 23:21:30 Thezilch[FH] has joined #html-wg 23:56:15 RRSAgent, pointer? 23:56:15 See http://www.w3.org/2007/12/20-html-wg-irc#T23-56-15 23:56:20 Zakim has joined #html-wg 23:56:24 Zakim, this will be HTML 23:56:24 ok, DanC; I see HTML_WG()7:00PM scheduled to start in 4 minutes 23:56:42 Hi 23:57:00 agenda + Convene HTML WG teleconference of 2007-12-21T00:00UTC 23:57:33 hi Lachy 23:57:55 agenda + ISSUE-19 html5-spec release 23:58:15 agenda + overlap with HTTP; new issue? 23:58:20 Thezilch has joined #html-wg 23:58:48 agenda + ISSUE-7 video-codecs 23:59:55 agenda + Web Developer's Guide to HTML5, ACTION-34