10836 2010-09-29 20:44:14 +0000 Several legacy attributes should reflect as URLs, not strings 2010-10-07 22:02:17 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified All All CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 ayg ian annevk ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 40014 0 ayg 2010-09-29 20:44:14 +0000 From bug 10331 comment 2: * All current browsers reflect img.longDesc as a URL, not a string. * All current browsers except WebKit reflect iframe.longDesc, applet.codeBase, and frame.longDesc as a URL, not a string. * Firefox and Opera reflect object.codeBase as a URL, WebKit and IE9PP4 reflect as a string. * Firefox and IE9PP4 reflect applet.object as a URL, WebKit and Opera reflect it as a string. * Firefox reflects body.background as a URL, but everyone else reflects as a string. At least the first four should certainly be treated as URLs, not strings. It doesn't make sense to ask the majority of implementations to change in the less logical direction. Since object.codeBase and applet.object are 50/50, it probably also makes the most sense to change that to URLs in the spec. body.background might be simpler to leave as-is. 40016 1 annevk 2010-09-29 21:02:18 +0000 Maybe we can remove some of these? Though I guess that would involve even more "controversial" changes to engines. 40017 2 ayg 2010-09-29 21:09:15 +0000 Well, if you're willing to risk it, go ahead. I just care that it's reasonable. 40814 3 contributor 2010-10-07 21:39:42 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r5593. Check-in comment: img.longDesc, frame.longDesc, and iframe.longDesc should reflect as URLs. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5592&to=5593 40815 4 contributor 2010-10-07 21:41:59 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r5594. Check-in comment: applet.codeBase and object.codeBase should reflect as URLs. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5593&to=5594 40816 5 ian 2010-10-07 21:43:05 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Accepted Change Description: see diffs given above and below Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments. 40817 6 contributor 2010-10-07 21:43:59 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r5595. Check-in comment: applet.object should reflect as a URL. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5594&to=5595