The Web Forms 2 Repetition Model was removed from the final draft of HTML 5. Does anyone know why?
This is an important and well-publicised feature, that some people were depending on. There are applications (e.g. for security-conscious scientists, engineers and mathematicians with Javascript switched off) involving editable tables of data, where the repetition model is practically essential, at least, if you want your site to look professional and work conveniently. Example page:
http://www.aaabit.com/products/calculation/bin-packing/
Take a look at this test page in Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Then switch off Javascript - I've built a fall-back system using server-side script and plain old HTML. The Javascript is somewhat old and buggy (doesn't work properly in IE or Opera yet). Can we not just have the real feature that was SUPPOSED to be in HTML5? Am I supposed to write custom Javascript for common cases like this? I thought this was the sort of reason why the other Web Forms 2 features (like form validation) were necessary?
Please reinstate this feature ASAP...