- From: Sarr Blumson <sarr@umich.edu>
- Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 09:30:30 -0400
- To: Erik Aronesty <earonesty@montgomery.com>
- cc: "'www-talk@w3.org'" <www-talk@w3.org>, "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>, sarr@umich.edu
In message <c=US%a=_%p=Montgomery%l=NY-PB-EXCH-1-970601061124Z-622@sf-exch-2.mo ntgomery.com>, Erik Aronesty writes: >The concept of "pages" and "paged output" is an important one in > human understanding of readable content. Pages are an "appearance" feature, not a structure feature. As such they are very dependent on other appearance features such as font and window sizes. These are the sorts of features that a user needs to be able to control on an individual basis to accommodate individual differences: most carefully laid out "pages" end up looking pretty awful when displayed with the enormous fonts I use so I can read them and the "landscape" layout window I use to accommodate them. If your suggesting that browsers should be configurable to force a "page break" on a level one header I would agree completely. I could even deal with a "force new page" tag although I suspect it will end up being grossly misused. But adding "page" as a primary concept ignores the fact that this _isn't_ paper and misses the opportunity it provides to let readers control appearance for their own comfort and needs. -------- Sarr Blumson sarr@umich.edu voice: +1 313 764 0253 FAX: +1 313 763 8937 ITD, University of Michigan http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sarr/ 535 W William, Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4943
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