[Bug 114441]

2013-10-11 Thread Ian-hixie
(Note that I asked for further feedback on this very issue and never received it: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20114#c9 I also have already pointed out in detail why the proposed model for double-sided ruby is more complicated than the one in the HTML spec now: https://ww

[Bug 114441]

2013-10-11 Thread Ian-hixie
The only use case the ruby-use-cases document lists as not handled by HTML is the one specifically targeting browsers that don't implement Ruby at all. Are we really going to add two whole elements and so significantly complicate the processing algorithm just to easing the short-term transition pai

[Bug 114441]

2013-10-10 Thread Ian-hixie
The HTML spec's ruby model was designed with the i18n group at the W3C (in person, even), and, to my knowledge, handles every single use case ever brought up, with the simplest possible markup. It would be a huge mistake to instead implement something over-engineered like the above spec, IMHO. --

[Bug 353877]

2011-10-21 Thread Ian-hixie
(In reply to Scott Trenda from comment #374) > I don't know what debates have taken place within the working group on > this topic All presentational features, such as , align="", etc, were dropped in the new HTML standard, because they have been deprecated for over a decade and there's really no