- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:27:39 +0000
- To: James Graham <jgraham@opera.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
James Graham wrote: > At risk of creating a bikeshed discussion… > > The <header> element's name seems to be creating some considerable > confusion, with authors either assuming it designed to be used for all > page header content or that it is designed to replace <h1>-<h6> and be a > generic heading element (e.g. [1], [2] and note that these are the tiny > fraction of people who are motivated to ask about these things upfront). > Almost no one seems to guess that it is supposed to be used for grouping > multiple heading/subheadings into an overall heading. This implies that > it will be poorly used in practice and so UAs will not be able to > reliably implement e.g. the outline algorithm since it will give > unexpected results on real sites. > > > This problem can be easily solved by giving the element a less > misleading name, like <hgroup> or <headinggroup> or something. Yes, I agree. There needs to be some way to better distinguish the <header> element in terms of its functionality. Throw a couple of ARIA role type elements into the mix and you have a riot in the bikeshed. Josh
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