On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 01:46:51PM +0100, David Woolley wrote: > Tina Holmboe wrote: > >> What I am saying is that there exist no other mechanism in HTML, or >> for that matter in XHTML, for /explicitly/ stating that order is >> significant except OL*. >> > > I think that is because the current HTML specification still has > elements of the old school style of internet specification, in which it > isn't necessary to specify everything with SHALLs and MUST NOTs. I I would agree, if it wasn't for the fact that such a philosophy would not require an UL *and* an OL, since it'd be common sense* to render list items in the order they were specified. * Common sense, as has been shown time and time again, is not a good substitute for exactitude. -- - Tina Holmboe Developer's Archive Greytower Technologies http://www.dev-archive.net http://www.greytower.netReceived on Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:02:31 GMT
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