- From: Felix Sasaki <fsasaki@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:33:55 +0100
- To: 'Internationalization Working Group' <public-multilingualweb-lt-comments@w3.org>, www-international@w3.org
Hi Norbert, at http://www.w3.org/International/multilingualweb/lt/drafts/its20/its20.html#EX-motivation-its-2 there is no an updated example, using Yves proposal. Let us know if this resolves your concern. Thanks, Felix Am 19.01.13 14:12, schrieb Yves Savourel: >> http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-its20-20121206/#motivation-its-issues >> Example 2 contains data that is highly inappropriate for an internationalized >> application: Hard-coded coordinates for user interface elements. >> Such coordinates would have to be changed during localization to accommodate >> strings that expand or shrink during translation, larger or smaller fonts >> used for a localized user interface, expansion or shrinkage in surrounding >> content, or a change in the overall directionality of the user interface. >> These items should be removed from the example. > The example is meant to show real-life problematic files, not to demonstrate best practices. > > This said, today's UI do a better job of auto-resizing, so we could update the example to reflect that. > For instance, replacing elements like: > > <data type="coordinates">12,20,50,14</data> > > by something like: > > <data type="position">12,20</data> > > > Thanks for pointing this out. > -yves > > > > > >
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