- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:57:53 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Shannon wrote: > > It's alternative because it attempts to actually "classify" something > rather than generically label it. I agree that class should only do the > first and I do this with my own code but most designers do not. As far > as the web design world is concerned class serves no purpose except as a > JS/CSS hook. If you give class="book" or class="movie" special meaning > or behaviour then you run the risk of clashing with existing > stylesheets. > > Right now the mainstream web is "misusing" class. If you suddenly make > class meaningful then some sites are going to get stung and not > necessarily at any fault of their own - since the intellectual > distinctions between "labels" and "classes" is of no concern to somebody > putting pretty borders on a page. We're not talking about making class meaningful. I'm not sure I understand what you are arguing against at this point. The proposal is just that authors should use class="" to distinguish the various ways they use <i> so that they can (e.g.) style them differently. Where is the spec unclear? I should rewrite it to avoid any ambiguities. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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