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  17. # [16:37] * Topic is 'HTML WG meets near BOS Thu-Sat http://www.w3.org/html/wg/nov07 decision to release HTML design principles, HTML 5 spec in progress http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/ (more logs: http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/ )'
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  29. # [17:35] <Hixie> ok, defined fragids
  30. # [17:35] <Hixie> IE is not very compliant at all
  31. # [17:35] <Hixie> but then it was very different to other UAs
  32. # [17:36] * anne checks
  33. # [17:39] <anne> ah, so other browsers only have <a name> as fallback
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  35. # [17:42] <Hixie> my tests for this were at http://hixie.ch/tests/adhoc/html/navigation/fragids/
  36. # [17:45] <anne> for http://hixie.ch/tests/adhoc/html/navigation/fragids/004.html#test :target doesn't make sense
  37. # [17:45] <anne> this may be the case for some other tests too
  38. # [17:45] <anne> 003 for instance
  39. # [17:45] <Hixie> yeah i just have the same style block for everywhere
  40. # [17:46] <anne> 005, 006 too
  41. # [17:46] <anne> maybe there the block should be green by default
  42. # [17:49] <smedero_> huh, test 013 is an interesting one. Safari 3.0.4 isn't too happy about it... gecko seems cool with it though. must admit I don't have opera handy... haven't installed it since migrating to OS X 10.5
  43. # [17:49] <anne> Hixie, media="" is also "all" apparently
  44. # [17:49] <anne> (media attribute with the empty string value)
  45. # [17:50] <Hixie> isn't that defined by mq?
  46. # [17:52] <anne> the syntax doesn't allow nothing, it requires at least <media_query> which currently requires at least a <media_type> but will prolly change to either require a type or media feature
  47. # [17:53] <Hixie> well i think mq is on the table for this css meeting so i'll raise it then
  48. # [17:53] <Hixie> if i remember
  49. # [17:53] <anne> fair enough, I was planning to bring it up as well
  50. # [17:54] <anne> it's not entirely clear to me namely how media="invalid" maps to the CSSOM stuff
  51. # [17:55] <anne> oh, someone Formally Objects to publishing HDP
  52. # [17:56] <smedero_> :(
  53. # [17:56] <Hixie> ooo
  54. # [17:56] <Hixie> uri?
  55. # [17:56] <anne> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/wdhdp/results
  56. # [17:56] <Hixie> ta
  57. # [17:57] <MikeSmith> Webmaster
  58. # [17:57] <Philip> Not me :-)
  59. # [17:58] <MikeSmith> Philip - maybe if you formally un-object, you will cancel each other out
  60. # [17:58] <smedero_> hahaha.
  61. # [17:58] <smedero_> A formal objection over examples used seems a bit strong.
  62. # [17:58] <Hixie> well that seems like an easy objection to resolve
  63. # [17:59] <anne> remove all examples?
  64. # [17:59] <gsnedders> still none, perhaps more surprisingly, against the actual spec
  65. # [17:59] * smedero_ is now known as smedero
  66. # [18:01] <Hixie> anne: just remove the controversial ones and replace them with something that isn't controversial... though maybe if the examples are controversial, that really means that the principles are being debated by proxy and the formal objection should be treated an objection to the principles
  67. # [18:03] <anne> i think the objection is against the principles document endorsing design decisions in HTML 5 that are based on the principles
  68. # [18:03] <anne> which is a kind of circular problem
  69. # [18:03] <Hixie> yeah in retrospect i don't understand the objection
  70. # [18:04] <Hixie> does he object to the decisions?
  71. # [18:04] * gsnedders is still trying to work out how to get to, and away from, Apple's HQ. Surely once your on Infinite Loop you can never get off it?
  72. # [18:04] <anne> there are actually a few break points :)
  73. # [18:04] * anne was there once
  74. # [18:04] <gsnedders> But yeah, it would make more sense to object to the principles than examples of the principles being used
  75. # [18:05] * gsnedders has never been to north CA, ever
  76. # [18:05] <anne> same for me when I was your age
  77. # [18:06] <gsnedders> what a difference six(?) years makes :)
  78. # [18:06] * anne heads to lunch
  79. # [18:06] <Philip> The principles document is *explicitly* endorsing the design decisions, which makes it harder to argue against those particular decisions since people can just point at the examples instead of thinking about whether the principle should apply in that case
  80. # [18:06] <Philip> and since any changes in those decisions would require extra work, to update the HDP examples as well as updating the spec
  81. # [18:07] <Philip> s/since //
  82. # [18:07] <Hixie> i love the people suggesting that we publish the same version that the whatwg published, btw
  83. # [18:07] <Hixie> given how much it would reinforce the idea of the w3c being slow and bureaucratic...
  84. # [18:08] <gsnedders> what? the W3C is slow and bureaucratic? oh.
  85. # [18:08] <Hixie> also, brad's suggestion that we don't publish any drafts before reaching CR may someone be missing the way w3c process works
  86. # [18:09] <Hixie> oh wait, these are comments about the diff doc
  87. # [18:09] <Hixie> nevermind
  88. # [18:09] <gsnedders> Hixie: can't you run the header relation algorithm in your head? :(
  89. # [18:10] <Philip> By "existing non-W3C version", does he mean the one on the WHATWG wiki?
  90. # [18:10] <Hixie> i was paging down and missed the header algogether
  91. # [18:10] <Hixie> Philip: that was about the spec
  92. # [18:10] <Hixie> i merged the two tables accidentally
  93. # [18:10] <Lachy> wow, not publishing the first draft till it's ready for CR doesn't even make sense?
  94. # [18:11] <Philip> Hixie: He said "existing non-W3C version" about the differences document
  95. # [18:12] <Hixie> Lachy: the comment just meant not to publish the diffs doc till the spec is in cr
  96. # [18:12] <Hixie> Philip: oh. weird.
  97. # [18:13] <Lachy> oh, I didn't realise there was a question about the diffs doc in the same results page
  98. # [18:14] <Lachy> why didn't DanC do a separate survey for each of the HDP, diffs and spec, or combine all 3 into one?
  99. # [18:14] <Philip> It would be nice if the results page could fit on one screen - they could just have a series of happy, sad and angry faces to indicate people's responses, with tooltips for further details
  100. # [18:16] <Lachy> it would be nice if the results could be sorted by response (yes, no, etc) instead of the current order in which people responded
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  102. # [18:22] <Lachy> Hixie, what time/date will the HTMLWG meeting be in Boston?
  103. # [18:22] <Lachy> I should be able to phone in briefly if they have the telcon bridge set up
  104. # [18:24] <MikeSmith> Lachy - I'll check to see if we actually will have a telcon bridge
  105. # [18:26] <Hixie> Lachy: 8:30am to 5pm, i think.
  106. # [18:26] <Lachy> just don't make it as boring as the WAF WG meeting. I phoned in today and listened to Anne Marcos'
  107. # [18:26] <Lachy> Anne's and Marcos' presentations
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  109. # [18:27] <Lachy> well, I'm not gonna be on the phone all day. I could call in in the morning for half an hour or so.
  110. # [18:28] <Lachy> Ping me on IRC when something interesting is being discussed
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  114. # [18:32] <MikeSmith> Lachy - it's looking like we might not have enough people calling in to justify setting up a bridge
  115. # [18:33] <Lachy> ok, but I assume people will have IRC, so I can just participate this way if people are keeping minutes in here
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  117. # [18:38] <Hixie> Lachy: i'm not aware of any way to not make these meetings boring. that's why i've been so against them.
  118. # [18:38] <Hixie> we'll see if the unconference style helps, though i doubt it'll work well with irc or phone
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  147. # [21:42] <Cerbera> evenin' all (at least, it's evening in the UK)
  148. # [21:42] <gsnedders> evenin'
  149. # [21:43] <Cerbera> looking forward to the HTMLWG meetup :)
  150. # [21:44] <Cerbera> jgraham's advice about looking on Flickr for photos of other attendants worked brilliantly
  151. # [21:45] * gsnedders wishes he could be there
  152. # [21:46] <gsnedders> But there again, I get school instead! Yay!
  153. # [21:47] <Cerbera> lucky you! I work part-time for the school I used to attend
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  155. # [21:47] * gsnedders needs to do his homework
  156. # [21:48] <gsnedders> If only I could get away with working on specs for the scientific subjects I'm doing :P
  157. # [21:49] <Cerbera> I *never* did homework. still have some of the detention slips to prove it
  158. # [21:49] * Philip needs to read (and understand) stuff in order to set questions for other people to do, which is unpleasantly time-consuming
  159. # [21:50] <gsnedders> Cerbera: heh. over the past couple of years I've been ill, so I've not had to.
  160. # [21:51] <gsnedders> brb
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  163. # [21:52] <anne> Cerbera, hey!
  164. # [21:53] <anne> Cerbera, you around already or leaving later?
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  166. # [21:57] <gsnedders> (back)
  167. # [21:59] <gsnedders> Cerbera: needless to say, I have reasons for staying on the good side of at least one of my teachers]
  168. # [22:01] <anne> Cerbera, around Boston, and travelling to Boston, that is
  169. # [22:17] <Cerbera> anne: I'm not in Boston yet
  170. # [22:17] <Cerbera> anne: I arrive on the evening of the 7th
  171. # [22:19] <anne> oh, so you'll miss the planery day
  172. # [22:19] <anne> that's too bad
  173. # [22:21] <Cerbera> yeah, you'll still be there after that though?
  174. # [22:23] <anne> that's the plan :)
  175. # [22:23] * anne has to represent this Norwegian browser company
  176. # [22:24] <gsnedders> formal objection for spec. Philip TAYLOR.
  177. # [22:24] <Cerbera> anne: hang on, I'm talking bullshit (as if that were news)
  178. # [22:24] <Cerbera> anne: I need to check my tickets because I've got confused
  179. # [22:26] <Cerbera> anne: no, I was right the first time. arrive on evening of Wednesday 7th. depart on evening of Saturday 10th
  180. # [22:27] * Cerbera is now known as Ben
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  182. # [22:27] <anne> I'm leaving Saturday too
  183. # [22:27] <Ben> I'm having a 2 day vacation in Iceland on the way back
  184. # [22:27] <Ben> never been before
  185. # [22:27] <Ben> it actually made the flight cheaper
  186. # [22:28] * gsnedders has to try and get to the W3CTP next year
  187. # [22:29] <Ben> gsnedders, I thought you were middle-aged from your contributions on public-html!
  188. # [22:29] <gsnedders> Ben: No, 15 :)
  189. # [22:30] <gsnedders> Ben: that said, you're far from the first person to think that
  190. # [22:30] <gsnedders> I'm always amazed at how old I manage to come across.
  191. # [22:30] <Ben> in 2 years time you can own a Vauxhall Nova, give it a tasteless plastic bodykit,then nobody will be in doubt of your age
  192. # [22:32] <gsnedders> ewwww
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  195. # [22:34] <anne> Ben, Iceland, nice
  196. # [22:34] * anne would like to go there some day
  197. # [22:34] <gsnedders> My sister/brother-in-law went one/two years ago and enjoyed it
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  200. # [22:36] <gsnedders> Ben: to ask you my normal question: in what way do I seem middle-aged?
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  202. # [22:37] <Ben> gsnedders, not quite sure...seemed to be speaking from experience, wise to old mistakes, stuff like that
  203. # [22:37] <Philip> gsnedders: I think it's the beard
  204. # [22:38] <gsnedders> Philip: yeah, I do need a shave, that's true.
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  208. # [22:44] <Dashiva> The beard definitely comes through strongly on the internet, yeah :P
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  210. # [22:46] <Ben> http://projectcerbera.com/misc/images/ben(2006-06-23).jpg - that photo of me is well over a year old...I had my hair cut last week (unhelpfully)
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  215. # [22:49] <Ben> anne, Opera thinks that URI ends at ").jpg" in IRC. avoiding that but ending them at "). " might work better?
  216. # [22:52] <anne> For these type of bug reports I'm afraid I can't do better than pointing you to https://bugs.opera.com/wizard/
  217. # [22:52] <Dashiva> (or say it's a well-known bug :)
  218. # [22:52] <anne> Which is probably good in general to use for bug reports because I might forget :)
  219. # [22:52] <anne> Dashiva, fair enough
  220. # [22:52] <Dashiva> Although another dupe might help with popularity, who knows
  221. # [22:52] <anne> I wonder if there's been research into URI detection in plain text strings
  222. # [22:53] <gsnedders> <http://stuff.gsnedders.com/me.jpg> — that photo of me is from July. I look the same, with slightly shorter hair, and with stubble now (which needs to be shaven).
  223. # [23:04] <Ben> anne, it's something I've noticed problems with in comment systems and forum systems for years. I haven't done detailed research, though
  224. # [23:07] <karl> marquee-count
  225. # [23:07] <karl> marquee-counter
  226. # [23:09] <anne> wrong channel karl :)
  227. # [23:09] <Ben> collect the common patterns for the starts and ends of URIs. collect the common ways people dump URIs in text. look for the most robust patterns?
  228. # [23:10] <anne> karl, you want #css
  229. # [23:10] <karl> ahah
  230. # [23:10] <karl> damn
  231. # [23:10] <karl> jetlag
  232. # [23:10] * anne wonders if karl is in the wrong room all together :p
  233. # [23:10] <karl> very hard right now
  234. # [23:12] <Ben> anne, maybe that Norwegian browser company would like to sponsor me to do that research? ;)
  235. # [23:13] <anne> maybe
  236. # [23:13] * anne doesn't go about such stuff
  237. # [23:14] <gsnedders> my thought would be whitespace delimited string starting with one of the major schemes, matching the IRI production in RFC3987
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  239. # [23:16] <Philip> Could any method work if someone wrote http://example.com?
  240. # [23:16] <anne> gsnedders, doesn't work for <http://foobar.com/>
  241. # [23:16] <gsnedders> punctuation or whitespace?
  242. # [23:17] <anne> whitespace
  243. # [23:18] <gsnedders> I mean, as an edit for my above proposal
  244. # [23:18] <gsnedders> so it allows it to be delimited by either
  245. # [23:19] <Philip> Maybe you could determine all plausible-looking URLs, download them all, then pick the one that looks least like an error message
  246. # [23:19] <Ben> Philip, that's kind of using a nuclear warhead to crack a nut, isn't it?
  247. # [23:21] <Philip> Ben: Indeed - that's always great fun
  248. # [23:22] * gsnedders is listening to Problems by Sex Pistols from Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
  249. # [23:22] <gsnedders> (
  250. # [23:22] <gsnedders> (perhaps appropriate)
  251. # [23:23] <Ben> I was thinking of calling my presentation "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's Native Access" but it might have ruffled the wrong feathers
  252. # [23:25] <Dashiva> I wonder what the sex pistols would think of that
  253. # [23:25] <Dashiva> Is native access radical?
  254. # [23:25] <Ben> no, it's just a fancy name for the table header auto algorithm which has been talked about and researched a bit
  255. # [23:25] <gsnedders> !&£@ no.
  256. # [23:26] <MikeSmith> never mind the sex pistols, here's HTML5
  257. # [23:26] <Dashiva> Maybe we should reserve it for the really awesome changes
  258. # [23:26] <gsnedders> MikeSmith: HTML 6.2 is more radical
  259. # [23:27] <Ben> well, if we spec other auto algorithms then it can include them as well. I'm not claiming ownership of the words "Native Access" or anything :)
  260. # [23:27] <Dashiva> I'm sure you could sell some shirts with "Never mind the XHTML2, here's the HTML5" or something
  261. # [23:27] <Ben> Dashiva, that's genius!
  262. # [23:27] <gsnedders> Dashiva: 5 > 2
  263. # [23:27] <gsnedders> Dashiva: <http://five-gt-two.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/Index>
  264. # [23:27] <Dashiva> gsnedders: That one was way too subtle
  265. # [23:27] <Ben> 5 > 2 is lame, imho
  266. # [23:27] <gsnedders> Dashiva: that's the entire point.
  267. # [23:28] <Dashiva> No, being too subtle is just silly
  268. # [23:28] <Ben> Sex Pistols vs. Algebra. hmm...
  269. # [23:28] <gsnedders> Dashiva: neither me or mjs would actually wear it if it were blatant
  270. # [23:28] <Dashiva> Might as well wear an empty shirt and wait for people to ask you why there's nothing on your shirt
  271. # [23:28] <Ben> lol
  272. # [23:30] <mjs> the subtlety is indeed deliberate
  273. # [23:30] <mjs> I'm actually worried it may be so unsubtle as to piss off the xhtml2 folks
  274. # [23:30] <gsnedders> mjs: was it not us against everyone else at the time?
  275. # [23:30] * mjs shrugs
  276. # [23:30] <mjs> don't remember
  277. # [23:31] * Quits: karl (karlcow@128.30.52.30) (Quit: Where dwelt Ymir, or wherein did he find sustenance?)
  278. # [23:31] <gsnedders> the things I get up to when I should be asleep…
  279. # [23:31] <Ben> I keep wondering who "Ben" is.
  280. # [23:31] <Ben> and how did he make his name blue
  281. # [23:32] * gsnedders giggles (in a really girly way)
  282. # [23:34] * Joins: tantek (tantek@70.14.44.145)
  283. # [23:38] <MikeSmith> news on Google phone
  284. # [23:38] <MikeSmith> http://news.google.com/?ncl=1123174168&hl=en&topic=h
  285. # [23:41] * Joins: timbl (timbl@146.115.66.146)
  286. # [23:42] <MikeSmith> So does this Google software set for mobile devices include a Web engine?
  287. # [23:44] <Philip> http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.html - "... a developer can combine information from the web with data on an individual's mobile phone -- such as the user's contacts, calendar, or geographic location ..."
  288. # [23:44] <Lachy> I suspect mobile vendors will be free to choose any web engine they like
  289. # [23:44] <Philip> http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_faq.html - "It leverages web and Internet content to provide advanced services such as mobile mashups."
  290. # [23:44] <Philip> Sounds kind of light on technical detail at the moment
  291. # [23:48] <Lachy> at least a few of the alliance members are partners with Opera, and so they would probably continue to ship Opera with their phones if and when they adopt android
  292. # [23:49] <Hixie> Lachy: it's free software, by definition they're free to do anything they want. as will you be. :-)
  293. # [23:50] <Lachy> I realise that
  294. # [23:51] <Philip> But they're members of an Alliance which might impose certain rules on its members
  295. # [23:51] <Philip> (Argh! Auto-playing video :-( )
  296. # [23:52] <Lachy> maybe, but AIUI, android is effectively just an operating system and given that their intention is to be open, it wouldn't seem realistic for them to impose any restrictions on the applications they can include
  297. # [23:55] <mjs> I'd love to see technical specs and/or a demo
  298. # [23:55] <mjs> I guess that will come on the 12th
  299. # [23:55] <Lachy> In this article http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071105-its-official-google-announces-open-source-mobile-phone-os-android.html
  300. # [23:55] <hsivonen> how does it compare to maemo and openmoko? it's a linux for handhelds distro, right?
  301. # [23:55] <Lachy> it says "aspects of the platform will be made available to handset manufacturers for free under the Apache license."
  302. # [23:55] <Lachy> I thought they would have to use GPL, since it's Linux based
  303. # [23:56] * Quits: MikeSmith (MikeSmith@mcclure.w3.org) (Quit: Less talk, more pimp walk.)
  304. # [23:56] * Philip wonders who is Sauron to the Alliance
  305. # [23:57] <mjs> Windows Mobile
  306. # [23:57] <mjs> is Sauron
  307. # [23:57] <mjs> as far as I can tell from their positioning
  308. # [23:58] <Philip> Lachy: http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_faq.html talks about the licence
  309. # [23:58] * Quits: matt (matt@128.30.52.30) (Quit: matt)
  310. # [23:59] <Lachy> I saw that. It still doesn't answer my question though.
  311. # Session Close: Tue Nov 06 00:00:00 2007

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