Re: Tweaks to quicktips cards

At 23:02 07/02/20, Fran〓ois Yergeau wrote:
>
>Richard Ishida a 〓crit :
>> APPROACH 1: MINIMAL TWEAKS
>
>I favor this approach.  Comments below.
>
>> I propose the following changes:
>> [1]
>> More at http://www.w3.org/International/quicktips/
>> Details at http://www.w3.org/International/quicktips/
>> 
>> [2]
>> Escapes. Only use escapes (e.g.     or  ) in specific circumstances.
>> Escapes. Use characters rather than escapes (e.g.     or  ) whenever you can.
>
>I think the choice of this example is poor.  NBSP is in fact a case where using an escape makes sense, so that one can distinguish normal from non-breaking spaces while editing.  Better use an accented latin letter, which is in fact where the malady of abusing escapes is prevalent.  Nobody in his right mind would think of escaping every character in a Japanese/Russian/Arabic/Devanagari page, but many people do in fact escape accented latin letters in the mistaken belief that this is required.

Very good point!

>> [5]
>> Check your work. Validate! Use techniques, tutorials, and articles at http://www.w3.org/International/ Check your work. Validate! Use best practises, tutorials, and articles at http://www.w3.org/International/ 
>
>"practises" or "practices"?  Is this an "en-GB" vs "en-US" thing?

Yes. Richard still has problems with this,
after years of working for W3C :-).

Regards,    Martin.


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