8804 2010-01-24 18:09:58 +0000 I see no value in making the reader go through a paragraph saying what not to do. Despite that the list is infinite, authors will do whatever they want. And ultimately if they are using certain elements for a putpose different from the original it usually 2010-10-05 12:59:10 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML Canvas 2D Context (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified Other other RESOLVED WONTFIX http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-canvas-element P3 normal LC 1 contributor ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 31186 0 contributor 2010-01-24 18:09:58 +0000 Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-canvas-element Comment: I see no value in making the reader go through a paragraph saying what not to do. Despite that the list is infinite, authors will do whatever they want. And ultimately if they are using certain elements for a putpose different from the original it usually is because the "right" solution provided is not that right. I'd delete The "Authors should not use ..." paragraph in whole. Posted from: 190.188.9.30 31912 1 ian 2010-02-13 12:34:23 +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: If it prevents even one author from misusing <canvas> in a way that hurts even one user, then it'll have been worth it. I see no downside here.