Re: DogFood

Ian Hickson wrote:
> 
>>>>>  2) wbr
>>>> I don't understand the error message that is produced, nor can I figure
>>>> out what the problem is.  Can you elaborate?
>>> <wbr> isn't valid HTML (and never has been).
>> Should it be?  :-)
>>
>> i.e., does it serve a useful purpose?  Does it cause any backwards 
>> compatibility problems?
> 
> As far as I can tell it's redundant with the Unicode zero width space 
> and zero width non-joiner characters.

The issue is that broken browsers display such characters as rectangles 
and the like.  Browsers that don't have explicit support <wbr> may or 
may not accept the hint, but the result is generally better than with 
the Unicode alternative.

Whether it is I've found this to be handy, and I see it recommended from 
time to time on the web, for example:

http://gojomo.blogspot.com/2005/03/cross-browser-invisible-word-break-in.html
http://www.quirksmode.org/oddsandends/wbr.html

- Sam Ruby

P.S.  The reason I did not understand the original message is that I do 
see wbr mentioned in the current draft of the html5, and I don't see 
where it declares that it is an error.

Received on Thursday, 6 December 2007 07:52:15 UTC