Re: [css3-writing-modes] before/after terminology alternative?

On 10/10/2012 06:45 PM, "Martin J. Dürst" wrote:
>
>> I raised this particular issue years ago, but nobody
>> came up with a sensible alternative until this year. :/
>
> Are you saying that with start, head, end, foot, it's more clear, without memorizing it beforehand, which set belongs to which
> axis?

I think linking 'head' to the concept of "header" and 'foot' to the
concept of "footer" makes it more clear. E.g. <thead> is always on
the block-before side of the table. Then start/end has to be along
the other axis.

> If we only think about horizontal, it might be, but in this case, it's crucial that this also works with vertical. And
> if I think e.g. about some Japanese vertical text (where the first line is at the right), then it's quite easy to guess that
> head means top, and foot means bottom, and therefore start has to be right and end has to be left. But that guess would be all
> wrong.

Fair enough.

> So rather than using something that lets some people guess things correctly some time, but leads people totally astray in
> other cases, I'd prefer words that, while they may have the problem of not inducing the right connotations, also don't induce
> wrong connotations.

~fantasai

Received on Thursday, 11 October 2012 20:37:56 UTC