- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:31:30 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)" <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > > Ian Hickson wrote: > > > I don't think we have an appropriate HTML element that could be used > > just for this purpose, but I'm certainly open to suggestions. > > Somewhat confused. In another thread [1], you have been asserting that > <DIV class="..."> or <SPAN class="..."> are all that are required for > decentralised extensibility. Right, that's exactly what the spec is doing here. > If this assertion is true, why do you need "an appropriate HTML element" > when you can create a nonce-element using the very techniques you have > proposed ? A "nonce-element" doesn't help screen readers. Screen readers only know real HTML elements, they don't know about the inventions of the author. Extensibility solutions don't help accessibility. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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