- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 08:59:59 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > > * Ian Hickson wrote: >>> Authors want to do silly things like :first-letter, and marketing wants >>> to satisfy these silly wishes... >> >> I'm confused; you want the working group to _not_ address author > wishes? > > Yes. Of course. <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010805.html>. I said author wishes, not author design proposals. Usability studies are great for discovering _how_ to do something, but you also have to find out _what_ the users want to do in the first place. For example, CSS authors are clamouring for features to allow centering their content. Why should we not make that possible? -- Ian Hickson )\._.,--....,'``. fL U+1047E /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. http://index.hixie.ch/ `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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