- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:11:34 +0100
- To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CA+ri+VkLC2NPoW5g40dG-QGAtTHQiZekLnQAQqX3N6FVGgNyPA@mail.gmail.com>
here is some sample pages that use <small>: 1641 non #*HTML5* (doctype) pages using <small> http:// files.paciellogroup.com/blogmisc/data/small/index.html <http://t.co/YXxLzmKkw6> 697 #*HTML5* pages using <small> http:// files.paciellogroup.com/blogmisc/data/small/html5-small/index.html <http://t.co/ageaVPoxOT> from top 50,000 web site home page data available at http://webdevdata.org I have added a CSS style to visually highlight instances of small (yellow background and red border) note: the sample includes porn sites (as there are quite a few in top 50,000 top sites) -- Regards SteveF HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/> On 21 May 2013 10:43, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: > resending as i realized some bits in original didn't make sense :-( > > Hi all, there has been discussion[1] on list and elsewhere[2] about the > <small> element about what it means and what it does (and doesn't do). > > Alohci suggested[3] the following: > > "The small element represents lowered prominence, but equal importance, for > its contents." > > > in place of [4] > > "The small element represents side comments such as small print." > > I think Aohci's suggestion has some merit as <small> does what his revised definition states (or should do), (unlike the current definition). Authors use it > i.e. to visually lower the prominence of text content, but often the text is of > no less importance (and may indeed be of greater importance in the case of > disclaimers, caveats, legal restrictions, or copyrights. > > Alohci goes on to suggest: > > "It is suitable for content that is side comments such as small print, or > for parts of a heading that may be omitted from an outline." > > but think it would be better to put this aside for the moment. > > [1] > april - > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2013Apr/thread.html#msg22 > may -http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2013May/subject.html#msg112 > > [2]https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/336523024054493185https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/336525854677020672https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/336557226019930113 > > [3] http://html5doctor.com/howto-subheadings/#comment-34256 > [4]http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/text-level-semantics.html#the-small-element > -- > > Regards > > SteveF > > -- > > Regards > > SteveF > HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/> >
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