As per CSS2 standard, the "id" attribute replaced "name" and name is only needed for backwards compatibility. There are some parts of the template and core inline-replacement code for template elements that don't have identical name/id attributes, these need to be fixed to be identical.
Also some (at least one) elements, specifically the tnotify select box, uses "name" but not "id". I therefore can't use JavaScript to check the select box unless I use "document.getElementByName" which is inconsistent with everything else (getElementById) and that's not good. Anyway I need this to be right because the new templates check and style-modify all the fields via JavaScript on Comment Submit for validation and eye-candy goodness.
Nobody has much reason to read this or reply, it's purely for informative purposes and a 'self-reminder'. :lol:
EDIT: document.getElementByName("tnotify"
doesn't work at all for updating the styling (in my example, making the border red if incorrect value)