- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:09:47 +0200
- To: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>
- CC: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Smylers@stripey.com, public-html@w3.org
Shelley Powers On 09-09-17 23.38: > Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >> On Sep 17, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Leif Halvard Silli: >>>> Tab Atkins Jr. On 09-09-17 19.59: >>>>> As an author, using <dt>/<dd> for <details> seems fine. The letters >>>>> match up, which is important from a mnemonic pov, and the basic idea >>>>> works as well. <dt> in <dl> is "description title" to me, while <dd> >>>>> is "description data". In <details>, they're instead "details title" >>>>> and "details data". >>>> >>>> So, perhaps <figure> could be renamed to something beginning on >>>> <d...> ? ;-) >>> It would certainly make things seem less retarded. >> I jokingly suggested <diagram> instead of <figure>, but I don't think >> that would be an actual improvement. >> >> - Maciej >> > I actually rather like Figure, and its fun to look at what will become > known as The D Defense, but... > > ...my original objections to the reuse of dt/dd still stand. > > I have a bug on this, which is guess is our only avenue of protest we > have now. The discussion was good, though I don't think it will result > in anything happening. The previous discussion on SVG didn't go anywhere. > > Still, I guess we heard some interesting suggestions. Too bad, nothing > will come of them. I have no idea at all why the draft suddenly says that we can use <p> for dialog. I took part in the the debate and saw no compelling arguments. Perhaps it was Microsoft's un-support that made the deal? However, at the very least there was an effect: An issue was put under light. But something else came out of it. So, what I mean is that there may come something out of it. But not what you expect. So, you are wrong, but right. -- leif halvard silli
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