- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:53:26 +0300
- To: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org, www-style@w3.org
On Jun 26, 2007, at 13:04, Jens Meiert wrote: >> I've realized now that the current spec drops the style attribute for >> all elements except for the <font>, but I can't understand the >> reasoning behind those decisions. > > And neither do I, As can be discovered by following the URLs in my previous message to this thread, it was a failed attempt to attach the stigma of the <font> element to the style='' attribute. http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20070503#l-494 > The usual way to address that is by setting "width" and "height" > attributes which should be replaced by the "style" attribute (that > is presentational by design). In my opinion, it is extremely silly to think that height='' and width='' are bad but style='width: ...; height: ...;' is good. I'd rather have height='' and width='' on all elements that are replaced elements in the normal case. > 2. Delivering the ad with 'border="0"' (or worse). (Presentational.) > 3. Delivering the ad with 'style="border: 0;"'. (More kids in town.) Those are both presentational. (I'm not implying that presentational was bad.) > Consequently, I consider it not necessarily wise to drop the > "style" attribute. I agree, FWIW. (Perhaps for different reasons, though.) -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen@iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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