- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 15:31:13 +0200
- To: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>, public-html@w3.org
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
On Thu, 03 May 2007 15:21:58 +0200, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> wrote: >> Forcing the use of a styled span is bad because styles are dangerous. >> It'd be akin to forcing someone to use Javascript to the same end. No, >> if a user typing into a WYSIWYG editor hits the "b" button, it should >> output a <b> tag. > > And if a user hits the "centered text alignment" button, should it also > wrap a nice <center> around it? And if they want to change font, should > it just stick a <font> element in the code? I don't see why not. If they want presentational markup, let them have it. Maskering it in some <span style> doesn't make it any better. Of course, it would be nice to have something "better" than a WYSIWYG editor, but so far work in that area hasn't progressed much as I understand it. -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/> <http://www.opera.com/>
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