ol, type attribute and CSS

Hi,

This is about issue https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/341 - please  
comment there, including giving a thumbs-up/down to proposals.

The type attribute allows for a few basic ordering markers, heavily skewed  
to western contexts. CSS allows for a far wider range. A simple style  
sheet like that used for the q element allows browsers to use appropriate  
defaults in far more situations, as well as a wider range of customisation  
options.

As noted in the issue, there are use cases for sticking with type -  
primarily that you can easily refer to an item knowing what is likely be  
rendered. This can be done with CSS, but it is harder.

The initial proposal in the issue is to make type obsolete and defer to  
CSS, an alternative is to suggest that in general authors should use CSS  
instead…

cheers

Chaals

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Received on Wednesday, 25 May 2016 09:30:42 UTC