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Bug 13559 - <input type=email multiple> should support splitting on ";" as well as ","
Summary: <input type=email multiple> should support splitting on ";" as well as ","
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2011-08-03 02:41 UTC by Cynthia Shelly
Modified: 2011-08-14 07:21 UTC (History)
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Description Cynthia Shelly 2011-08-03 02:41:09 UTC 
many email programs split lists of email addresses on ";" rather than ",".  Allowing both would improve usability for users who are used to this convention.
Comment 1 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:16:37 UTC 
mass-move component to LC1
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-08-14 07:21:50 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: Users aren't exposed to this.