BurningbirdAmazon released a Kindle 2.5 update this week. The big news about the software upgrade is that it finally includes support for collections—being able to group books based on some criteria. This is the functionality we’ve been asking for since the Kindle was first released. Great! Great, except that the software upgrade is for Kindle […]
I had planned on providing more edits to my change proposals, but doing so is only throwing good time away on a hopeless cause. I can’t even get the HTML5 co-chairs to realize that by allowing those who proposed a counter-proposal to group all of the items in only one response, they’ve made individual discussion […]
My change proposal for Issue 95 is about removing the hidden attribute[1]: The HTML5 specification states the following about this attribute[2]: All HTML elements may have the hidden content attribute set. The hidden attribute is a boolean attribute. When specified on an element, it indicates that the element is not yet, or is no longer, […]
When last I posted, I was confident I would be finished with my change proposals for the HTML5 by now. Little did I suspect at how strong a reaction my proposals would have, or how emotional the discussions would become. Some of the responses were humorous, such as when I was called a “deletionist”, of […]
One of my HTML5 change proposals is to remove the details element[12]. The HTML5 specification states[1]: The Details represents a disclosure widget from which users can obtain additional information or controls. Two examples of the use of Details are given: one used with additional information, and one used with form elements. Whether the details body […]