- From: Jorgen Horstink <mail@jorgenhorstink.nl>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:17:45 +0100
On Feb 10, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Jens Brueckmann wrote: >> a reference for the user, which is exactly what this element is >> for. It >> doesn't matter whether the user looks at it immediately, in 5 >> minutes, >> tomorrow, or in the distant future; it's there for when the user >> needs it. > > It comes to my mind that an appropriate name for this element woud > be "flag". > Putting a flag somewhere in a document does not emphasise but draws > attention to this part (as in Google or when manually highlighting > some passages or words in document). To my mind a flag denotes a single point somewhere in the document and does not denote a range. So I associate it with the real-world analogy of a flag placed somewhere in the document. So I am not an advocate of <flag> > > This name best describes its usage and avoids confusion with EM and > STRONG. > > Cheers, > > jens > -- > Jens Brueckmann > http://www.yalf.de >
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