- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:35:17 -0500
- To: "HTML WG" <public-html@w3.org>
A couple of comments on the HTML Design Principles: - I don't think it's appropriate to include "Pave The Cowpaths" in the official design principles. See the "Pave The Cowpaths" Design Principle thread [1] and "the market hasn't spoken - it hasn't bothered to listened" [2] thread. Use cases could be one factor to inform decisions but not "pave" the way to them. - It might be better to use something like "guideposts", "practical ways" or "general principles" instead of "Rules of thumb" in the introduction. Accurate or not "Rule of thumb" has some negative (domestic violence) history/baggage. [3] [4] It has been often claimed that the term originally referred to the maximum thickness of a stick with which it was permissible for a man to beat his wife. Laura [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007May/0940.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0648.html [3] http://womenshistory.about.com/od/mythsofwomenshistory/a/rule_of_thumb.htm [4] http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=womenshistory&cdn=education&tm=161&f=00&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//dynamic.uoregon.edu/%7Ejjf/essays/ruleofthumb.html -- Laura L. Carlson http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/
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