- From: Erik Aronesty <earonesty@montgomery.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 12:34:09 -0700
- To: "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>
Why not use the existing REL tag? Example: We provide <A HREF=myhelp.htm REL="help">help</A>for this site. People who are blind say "help". People who have a toolbar press help. People who have mac's press the "help key". Windows/DOS users are stuck with the obscure "F1", but they like it that way. Unix users can press CTRL-H ... or specify it in their .html-cfg file Better Example: Press <A NAME=obscure HREF=obscure.htm REL="auto"><PHRASE HREF=#obscure></A>for this site. The <PHRASE> TAG is what you need......not a key tag. You want to know "what the browser is doing with my link"...not to "force the browser" Also the <PHRASE> tag can help you describe other OS/dialect/special-needs specific information....in a way that is acceptable to all users. thus People who are blind say "obscure". People who have a toolbar press "obscure". People who have mac's press the "apple-" followed by the next available keymap. People who have Unix/Windows press the "ctrl-" followed by the next available keymap. ....... How many times have i seen the "blue underlined words on these pages are like buttons" in HTML tutorials What they should say is "use the <PHRASE TAG="HREF" PLURAL> to navigate around this site. this would get replaced by "asterisk-quoted words" or "blue-underlined words" or "loud spoken words" i figure the browser should be able to describe EVERY HTML entity <phrase tag=entity> as well as common use <phrase name=help> and other HTTP references <phrase href=#named-reference> with an optional "plural" attribute.
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