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Re: DOM 0 Reference

From Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: DOM 0 Reference
Date 2012-07-09 12:08 -0600
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 12-07-09 08:28 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrot

> So far you are attempting to document an obsolete, even then inconsistent
> API (which was the very reason why W3C DOM HTML Level 1 came about).  In
> fact, so far what you documented has already been documented before, and
> is still available (but well hidden in the depths of Oracle's website – you
> need to know where to look).

I also sourced information from the very documents you are
referring to. You recently posted the Oracle reference, which I
later thanked you for.

> I fail to see the logic in that.  In particular, notions like `Submit.value'
> are likely to cause misconceptions in novices; those notions should belong
> to the past.  Now we have properly defined interfaces like HTMLInputElement
> or HTMLButtonElement, and objects that implement them, instead.

I prefer that notation as well.

-- 
Matt McDonald: Web/Flash Developer; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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DOM 0 Reference Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-07-08 12:56 -0600
  Re: DOM 0 Reference Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-09 03:04 +0200
    Re: DOM 0 Reference Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-07-08 20:18 -0600
      Re: DOM 0 Reference Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-09 16:28 +0200
        Re: DOM 0 Reference Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-07-09 12:08 -0600
          Re: DOM 0 Reference Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-09 22:24 +0200
        Re: DOM 0 Reference Dr J R Stockton <reply1228@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-07-10 23:25 +0100
  Re: DOM 0 Reference Dr J R Stockton <reply1228@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-07-09 20:20 +0100
    Re: DOM 0 Reference Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-07-09 20:40 -0600
      Re: DOM 0 Reference Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-10 10:26 +0200
      Re: DOM 0 Reference Dr J R Stockton <reply1228@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-07-11 20:52 +0100
        Re: DOM 0 Reference Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-07-11 19:38 -0600
          Re: DOM 0 Reference Dr J R Stockton <reply1228@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-07-13 21:01 +0100

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