- From: Krzysztof Żelechowski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:23:48 +0100
Dnia 23-01-2008, ?r o godzinie 12:53 -0600, Siemova pisze: > On Jan 23, 2008 12:18 PM, Dave Singer <singer at apple.com> wrote: > how about assuming that if the source wants it numbered in > reverse > order, it knows what it is doing, and can tell the browser > what > number to start at? > > it still seems the simplest: an attribute that gives the > starting > number (default 1) and an attribute that gives the direction > (increasing or decreasing, default increasing). > > > True, that's simplest to implement, but why put the onus on the > content author to add things up and specify a start value every time? If for no other reason, in order to help global warming. A HTML document is written once, read lots of times. If the author insists that counting the items is an excessive burden (it is not; if you cannot count yourself, just remove the reverse attribute and look at the last item as rendered) he could use a generator or a fix-up processor before publishing. Chris
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