Recovered from the Wayback Machine. In preparation for HTML5 Last Call, the HTML WG (Working Group) co-chairs have been rolling out several decisions—among them ones related to the img longdesc and table summary attributes. The HTML decision on longdesc was based on the following observation: The strongest argument against inclusion was the lack of use cases that clearly and directly support […]
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Earlier today I got into a friendly discussion and debate on Twitter about a new web site called W3Fools. The site bills itself as a “W3Schools intervention”, and the purpose is to wake developers up to the fact that W3School tutorials can, and do, have errors. The problem with a site like W3Fools, I said (using […]
TPAC is the W3C annual meeting where the various working group members gather in bloody battle to see who emerges victorious…and who then has to buy the beer. I’ve just published my response—in my usual quietly thoughtful manner—to Opera employee notes from the meeting at RealTech.
The annual TPAC meeting is when standards people involved with W3C specifications get together to see if they can more easily hammer out issue resolutions face to face, rather than in endless email discussions. I suppose we can liken the event to finally meeting that really hot person you connected up with on Facebook—it’s a […]
In my earlier writing, I suggested that after October 1st, people with comments should send emails to the public-html-comment email list, as I thought this would be where Last Call comments would be addressed. Evidently, I was incorrect. According to a clarification I received, all comments should be submitted to the Bugzilla database. In addition, any […]