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--- faq [2023/09/21 04:23] – Added "Adding British variants for names" SebastianZ
+++ faq [2023/09/21 04:45] (current) – Added note about author's burden of name variants SebastianZ
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-While, from an author's perspective it is just another name for something, introducing aliases for feature names comes with a cost.
+While, from an author's perspective it may seem to be just another name for something, introducing aliases for feature names comes with a cost.
-They require precedence and de-duplicating rules in case both are specified in implementations. Also, every new feature would require specification work regarding the alias. And also there would need to be [[https://wpt.fyi/results/css|Web Platform Tests]] covering those variations. And all that for very little author benefit.
+For authors introducing aliases may cause some confusion and cognitive load, as they may expect a different spelling or even a completely different word. They require precedence and de-duplicating rules in case both are specified in implementations. Also, every new feature would require specification work regarding the alias. And also there would need to be [[https://wpt.fyi/results/css|Web Platform Tests]] covering those variations. And all that for very little author benefit.
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