ICM BLOG
CHUNWAI
16 NOV 08
In Mark’s latest installment of This Week in HTML 5 he delves into what ISN’T in the spec:
It has been suggested (1, 2, 3, &c.) that HTML 5 is trying to bite off more than it can metaphorically chew. It is true that it is a large specification, andit might benefit from being split into several pieces. But it is not true that it includes everything but the kitchen sink.
For example, HTML 5 will not
- deprecate
<textarea> - allow arbitrary markup in
<option> - include an
<altinput>element (reference) - allow authors to localize the “Browse” button that represents a file input control
- allow authors to localize the open-file dialog that opens in response to activating a file input control
- mandate that browsers display a progress bar during file upload
- limit the number of selected checkboxes or options in a web form