I don’t think we should implement this feature in WebKit until the standards discussion settles. It’s very controversial at the moment.<div><br></div><div>I also agree with Ojan and Hixie that authors are very likely going to misuse this element.</div>
<div><br></div><div>- R. Niwa<br><div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Steve Faulkner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:faulkner.steve@gmail.com" target="_blank">faulkner.steve@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hi all, </span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">this is my first post to the list.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">I have submitted a patch [1] to add <main> element support to webkit and would appreciate your consideration.</div>
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the main element is defined here: <a href="http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-extensions/raw-file/tip/maincontent/index.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-extensions/raw-file/tip/maincontent/index.html</a> current status unofficial draft, CFC [2] to publish as a first working draft via HTML WG ends today.</div>
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Rationale and use cases: <a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/User:Sfaulkne/main-usecases#Introduction" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/User:Sfaulkne/main-usecases#Introduction</a></div>
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details of data set and data analysis conducted during development of feature: <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Oct/0109.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Oct/0109.html</a></div>
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There has been discussion and feedback provided on the WHATWG list [3] and IRC and at TPAC 2012 HTML WG meeting. <br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>I look forward to your comments!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
[1] <a href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103172" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103172</a></div><div>[2] <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Nov/thread.html#msg129" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Nov/thread.html#msg129</a></div>
<div>[3] threads start here: <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012Nov/thread.html#msg55" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012Nov/thread.html#msg55</a></div>
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