[e] (0) WF2: give up on <form autocomplete>.

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whatwg · Dec 24, 2008 · c834515 · c834515
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@@ -27040,8 +27040,9 @@ interface <dfn id=htmlformelement>HTMLFormElement</dfn> : <a href=#htmlelement>H
 
   <h6 id=the-autocomplete-attribute><span class=secno>4.10.4.2.1 </span>The <code title=attr-input-autocomplete><a href=#attr-input-autocomplete>autocomplete</a></code> attribute</h6>
 
-  <!--XXX IE also applies it to <form> elements. It doesn't apply it
-  to <textarea>. -->
+  <!-- IE also applies it to <form> elements, but only 0.09% of pages
+  use it there, so we don't support that. (It doesn't apply it to
+  <textarea>, so we don't support it there either.) -->
 
   <p>The <dfn id=attr-input-autocomplete title=attr-input-autocomplete><code>autocomplete</code></dfn>
   attribute is an <a href=#enumerated-attribute>enumerated attribute</a>. The attribute has

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@@ -30190,8 +30190,9 @@ interface <dfn>HTMLFormElement</dfn> : <span>HTMLElement</span> {
 
   <h6>The <code title="attr-input-autocomplete">autocomplete</code> attribute</h6>
 
-  <!--XXX IE also applies it to <form> elements. It doesn't apply it
-  to <textarea>. -->
+  <!-- IE also applies it to <form> elements, but only 0.09% of pages
+  use it there, so we don't support that. (It doesn't apply it to
+  <textarea>, so we don't support it there either.) -->
 
   <p>The <dfn
   title="attr-input-autocomplete"><code>autocomplete</code></dfn>