- From: Tina Holmboe <tina@greytower.net>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:01:55 +0200
- To: David Woolley <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
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.
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