Rozhovor s Ianem Hicksonem na Techrepublic

Na Techrepublic vyšel rozhovor s Ianem Hicksonem. Ian se rozepisuje o termínu dokončení HTML5 a vysvětluje "proč to celé trvá tak dlouho", popisuje, které části HTML5 vyvolaly rozporuplné reakce (např. probíhající kauza atributu alt), a jaké jsou největší úspěchy.

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We’re also fully intending to do something that none of the aforementioned specs really did, which is to have a comprehensive test suite that we will require at least two browsers to completely pass before we call it a day.

If one were to try to write such a test suite for HTML4 and DOM2 HTML, one would find that there isn’t even one browser that fully implements those specifications, let alone two.

The problem is that if we ever specify something that the browser vendors disagree with, they will just ignore the specification, and we might as well go home. If we write a specification that is ignored, we’re just fiction writers.

The features that don’t end up being used will be cut. We’ve already dropped a lot of things over the years, and I’m sure we’ll drop more.

Celý rozhovor HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses features, pain points, adoption rate, and more si můžete přečíst na Techrepublic.com.com (netušíte někdo, proč má v adrese 2x dotcom?)