- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:18:53 +0200
On Feb 21, 2007, at 07:14, Sander Tekelenburg wrote: > That's not a flaw in HTML, because it is essential to HTML that it > separates content from presentation. I think device independence and accessibility are worthwhile goals. Semantic markup and separation of content and style are not essential in themselves but just a means of pursuing the other goals. > My feeling is that many people can understand and work with that > slightly abstract concept, but they need tools that make it easy. People also need to believe that they benefit from thinking on a more abstract level. > If we can offer people 'semantic editors' that work in a 'natural' > way, they won't have to fight. Well, to the extent most people keep semantics implicit and only think about presentation explicitly, reconciling "natural" with asking them to think differently is a problem. > But I think before that education stands a chance of making a dent, > there'll need to be good non-WYSIWYG authoring tools. I agree. Do you have a plan on how you are going to convince developers to take the risk of incurring the cost of developing a new kind of tool which may not succeed with users? Anyway, HTML5 needs to be realistic considering the immediate evolvability of existing tools. P.S. This should not be considered a pro-<font> message. I think the <font> element should be dropped and the style='' attribute should be allowed on all elements. -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen at iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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