Re: [editorial] HTML spec style switcher

hi Mallory,

the usual case is a link to a definition of a term used in implementation.
I don't see this as an issue, what would be an issue is if you follow a
link while in developer view and the linked content was not displayed.

--

Regards

SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>


On 6 January 2014 17:32, Mallory van Achterberg <stommepoes@stommepoes.nl>wrote:

> Some questions:
> if something is seen as being "for developers only", why is there a
> visible link to something not-for-developers? Maybe it needs to be
> revisited
> what a developer would consider useful and what they wouldn't?
>
> or, should those links be hidden when in "developer view"? (I don't
> like this idea really)
>
> or, if the destination really shouldn't be shown in "developer view"
> but is requested, maybe that element with the impl class should lose
> the impl class so long as its destination is the :target (css target)?
> without taking the entire page out of "developer view"?
>
>
> I thought the style switcher was merely to make reading easier for
> readers who didn't care about implementation details meant for
> vendors.
>
> -Mallory
>
> On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 03:34:31PM +0000, Steve Faulkner wrote:
> > a few months back, thanks to WG member Mallory AKA @stommepoes), there
> is a
> > feature was added to the HTML spec to hide implementation specific
> content,
> > so web authors/developers can have a view the content most relevant to
> > their needs.
> >
> > The 'developer view' style switcher can be operated via a button (top
> right
> > of view port)
> >
> > What it does, essentially, is apply CSS display:none style to any element
> > that has a class="impl".
> >
> > It also reduces limits the number of characters per line to take into
> > account WCAG 2.0 advice on line length.
> >
> > Note: If a user follows a link while in developer view, that points to
> > content that has class="impl" the developer view is disabled.
> >
> > any comments/feedback on this feature are welcome
> > --
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > SteveF
> > HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
>
>