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Why is math so special? Asked at Hackernews? Really?

• codezero 13y ago
  Is asking that off limits? If it's so obvious and easy to understand, explain it. Also, Chrome caters to a very wide audience so dev time has to consider a much broader audience than hackers.
  • ovangle 13y ago
    The problem is that the Chrome team shouldn't be selectively implementing parts of the html5 standard [1]. It shouldn't matter how many users desire the functionality after it's accepted by the w3c. Of course, Chrome could implement whatever it likes if it drops any claim to be standards compliant, but until that happens... [1] http://www.w3.org/Math/draft-spec/mathml.html http://www.w3.org/Math/draft-spec/mathml.html
    • deleted 13y ago
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      • ovangle 13y ago
        Ummm, no. It is part of the html5 spec, under embedded content. http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content-0.html#mathml http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-conten...
      • anon1385 13y ago
        Is that a meaningful distinction? <img>, <video>, <audio> and <math> are all on this page: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/CR/embedded-content-0.html#mathml http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/CR/embedded-content-0....
    • mddw 13y ago
      What ? Of course they should. It's all about choice. There are a shitload of standards and a limited amount of man-hour.
  • threeseed 13y ago
    So why not just say we would like to do this but don't have time ? The impression I got was that they would never implement it.
  • bayesianhorse 13y ago
    Just to explain the joke: Math is special to us nerds.
    • codezero 13y ago
      So the Chrome team should implement this because...