- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:46:15 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Olivier GENDRIN <olivier.gendrin@gmail.com>
- Cc: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Olivier GENDRIN wrote: > > I wish to ease the build of timelines like > http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/images/timelines/marey_1885.jpg, > http://www.mountpleasantgroupofcemeteries.ca/images/BoardBios/MPGC-BoardTimeline.png, > http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/bronk/timeline.jpg and > (note the log scale) > http://www.nature.com/bjp/journal/v143/n6/images/0705938f2.gif in pure > semantic HTML, or TV programs like http://www.cesoirtv.com/. > > It's doable right now with table, but it needs hundreds of td, and it's > less semantic than with a @interval attribute (using any number of > start/end pairs). I think this is interesting, but probably isn't something we should do in HTML5. Maybe for HTML6? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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