scottkellum/web-app-spec — comment on commit d86e7f98f584ec22e86e0fec2658d00fb5ba00b6
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By scottkellum:

I agree, which is why I limited it so those elements are not allowed to overflow. Content within any of those elements is allowed to scroll.

That said maybe some finessing could be done to the language to allow body scrolling. Some development styles may constrain the (ex http://shittyday.simurai.com/)