- From: Stephen Stewart <carisenda@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:47:55 +0000
- To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On 2 February 2011 11:48, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: [...] >>The default stylings of h2 and h3 also have no meaning out of context. > > so? what we are discussing is what is conveyed by the default visual styling > of 2 headings of differing ranks put together. You might be, but I'm not :) <hgroup> <h2>Clinton Acquitted</h2> <h3>Perjury, obstruction charges defeated</h3> </hgroup> This is one "heading" (or headline) with a single rank, created using two heading elements, via hgroup. (I can't really make any argument for or against your examples because they aren't real.) The use of h2 over h3 is only to say "you can, if you wish, ignore what the h3 says, I'm the main line", the visual styling that comes by default with an h2 and h3 in this context (and which I'd emphasise with CSS) is to say exactly the same thing to visual users "you can, if you wish, ignore what the h3 says, I'm the main line". I thought you were arguing that because accessibility agents don't yet understand the hgroup and will read both heading elements when they navigate with 'h' that this was the problem, it's not backwardly compatible; but you then said that no content should ever be held back. So I'm not sure I understand the problem at all. Best, Stephen -- Stephen Stewart carisenda@gmail.com
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