- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:11:11 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Matthew Raymond wrote: > > If anything, headings should work like this: > > <section> > <heading>Header 1</heading> > <p>Content for 1.</p> > <section> > <heading>Header 1a</heading> > <p>Content for 1a.</p> > </section> > <section> > <heading>Header 1b</heading> > <p>Content for 1b.</p> > </section> > </section> WA1 defines something like this, re-using <h1> for the heading element. > The problem with this is two-fold. First, vendors may simply ignore > the spec changes, or add proprietary extensions, if the lack of styling > becomes too unpopular. Second, XBL2 will probably be released by the > time WF2 makes it through a standards body, so webmasters will likely > reuse XBL2-based widgets that require little more than a line of CSS to > use. > > When this happens, a lack of flexibility in HTML elements may result > in their disuse in favor of XBL2 widgets, resulting in a semantic > deterioration of the web. Nah, you would just apply the XBL bindings straight onto the HTML form control elements. No semantic problem. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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