[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15080: Comment Form Should use HTML5 input types for better accessibility

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#15080: Comment Form Should use HTML5 input types for better accessibility
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 Reporter:  jorbin                      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                 |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  3.5
Component:  Accessibility               |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 3.2-early commit  |
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Comment (by bpetty):

 Out of curiosity, how well does [attachment:15080.patch] work when the
 theme in use does not use an HTML5 doctype in various browsers? Need to
 consider that various themes could be using any of HTML4, XHTML, or HTML5
 assuming this change is going to be globally done. Also consider that this
 would technically be breaking compatibility for older themes possibly.

 I'd love for this to be a global change like the patch here, but in the
 interest of compatibility, this might still be best handled per theme as
 implemented in older patches on #20579.

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