[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 40520] Support interactive form validation in quirks mode

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40520


Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
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--- Comment #4 from Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com>  2010-06-14 15:21:25 PST ---
I think the fix for bug 40218 was wrong. Limiting a new feature to strict mode is not an appropriate way to deal with Web compatibility problems. Instead, we should get the standard changed. Here are my comments from that bug:

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Existing HTML4 sites can also be in strict mode. In fact, a fair number of HTML4 sites have a standards mode or almost standards mode doctype. I don't think we should make new features be based on a  modeswitch. The philosophy of HTML5 is to make new features backwards-compatible so they can be progressively deployed on existing sites. If HTML5 @required causes too much compatibility fallout, then we should:

(a) Remove HTML5 @required support entirely for now.
(b) Report our findings to the HTML WG and proposed renaming the attribute.

I don't think making the feature strict-mode only is an appropriate fix.
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