- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:51:45 -0500
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- CC: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
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.
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