Re: CfC: Adopt ISSUE-105 canvas-usemap Change Proposal to add usemap attribute to the canvas element

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:59:09 -0700, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>  
wrote:

>
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
>>
>> Since you think the proposal was a bad idea, there must be a counter  
>> proposal you can write that isn't a bad idea. Given that the proposal  
>> is "Add an attribute", (and assuming that it copies the sentence or so  
>> to give you complete explicit editing instructions to execute the  
>> proposal), I would expect a counter proposal that explains *why* it is  
>> a bad idea to document the existing behaviour of browsers in this way.
>
> Are you saying that browsers actually do something when a usemap  
> attribute is present on the canvas element?

Yes, that is what I (was) saying.

> Which browsers? Do you have a test case?

On further testing with a clearer test case, it turns out that I was  
wrong. The proposal would indeed require implementation work to be done.

cheers

Chaals

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