12695 2011-05-19 12:35:49 +0000 Grandfather <link rel="shortcut icon"> 2014-03-26 10:11:04 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25151 P2 normal --- 1 hsivonen ian ian mathias mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 48627 0 hsivonen 2011-05-19 12:35:49 +0000 # [20:10] <hsivonen> Hixie: data point: After I added rel and name checking to Validator.nu, 5 people gave me feedback almost immediately # [20:11] <hsivonen> Hixie: 4 of the 5 people were concerned about rel="shortcut icon" # [20:12] <hsivonen> Hixie: considering how popular "shortcut icon" is and considering that Microsoft was the first to mint it before other implemented just "icon", it would make sense to grandfather "shortcut icon" # [20:12] <hsivonen> Hixie: right now, to make the validator not suck, I have to register "shortcut" # [20:12] <hsivonen> Hixie: which means that rel="shortcut" becomes valid # [20:12] <hsivonen> Hixie: which is bogus # [20:12] <hsivonen> Hixie: but the closest approximation that the registration mechanism provides # [20:13] <hsivonen> Hixie: also, the 5th person was interested in the registration of "shortcut" afterwards # [07:44] <Hixie> hsivonen: agreed on "shortcut"; file a bug and i'll make the spec say you can precede "icon" with "shortcut" Demos: http://hsivonen.iki.fi/test/moz/shortcut-icon/ Conclusion from the demos: The spec should allow the token "shortcut" to be the token immediately to the left of "icon" if there is a single space between them. (The only reason for allowing "shortcut" is compatibility with IE and rel="shortcut icon" with multiple spaces between "shortcut" and "icon" is not IE-compatible.) 52546 1 mike 2011-08-04 05:02:29 +0000 mass-moved component to LC1 54531 2 ian 2011-08-10 01:26:13 +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 diff given below Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments. 54532 3 contributor 2011-08-10 01:26:59 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r6404. Check-in comment: Grandfather rel='shortcut icon' since it's so common. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6403&to=6404