14196 2011-09-18 02:00:56 +0000 External interface violates member naming conventions 2011-10-19 23:50:12 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified All All CLOSED WONTFIX P2 normal --- 1 glenn ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 56942 0 glenn 2011-09-18 02:00:56 +0000 The 'External' interface defines two methods: * AddSearchProvider * IsSearchProviderInstalled For consistency with the extant naming conventions, these should be changed to: * addSearchProvider * isSearchProviderInstalled 58479 1 ian 2011-10-19 23:22:57 +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: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: AddSearchProvider() is a legacy interface. Within the interface, consistency amongst members seems more important than consistency with the rest of the platform. 58486 2 glenn 2011-10-19 23:50:12 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > 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: Rejected > Change Description: no spec change > Rationale: AddSearchProvider() is a legacy interface. Within the interface, > consistency amongst members seems more important than consistency with the rest > of the platform. I've closed this, but it would still be useful to add a comment/note in the text indicating that the reason for the variance in naming is due to considerations of backward compatibility with existing usage.