- From: Kevin Marks <kevinmarks@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:57:10 -0700
On 4/8/07, Elliotte Harold <elharo at metalab.unc.edu> wrote: > Michel Fortin wrote: > > > So I propose a <sl> element (sequential list) which can be used to > > replace <dialog> as well as other things. The proposal can be found here: > > > > Sounds a little redundant with ol (ordered list). Also sounds needlessly > confusing and hard to explain. I'm not sure we really need dialog, but > at least it's simple and obvious to explain to people what it means. The > more abstract and generic we get the harder this becomes. Concreteness > is underrated among software developers, but widely appreciated by other > users. I think the <dialog> example is a retrograde step. The <ol><li><cite><q|blockquote> pattern seems much better than redefining <dt> and <dd>, which will confuse XOXO parsers that try to be Postelian. Did I miss some reasoning here?
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