[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37004: Html5 / W3C Validation

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#37004: Html5 / W3C Validation
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 Reporter:  arena                       |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                |      Status:  new
 Priority:  low                         |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Administration              |     Version:
 Severity:  trivial                     |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch good-first-bug  |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by pento):

 Replying to [comment:6 ocean90]:
 > It's still used by browsers which don't support `input[type="number"]`
 and fall back to a normal text input.

 IE 9 and lower (~1% of browsers), which will fall back to the server-side
 validation.

 Given that it doesn't affect the server, and only has a very minor effect
 on a UX edge case, I lean towards removing it.

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