- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:08:49 +0000 (UTC)
On Sat, 31 May 2008, David Latapie wrote: > Ian wrote: > > > | <address> > > > | <name>John Hopkins</name><br> > > > | Phone: (359) 555-1701 > > > | </address> > > > > Notwithstanding what I consider misuse of <br> > > [...] Indeed, I do not see any semantic value in <br> at all. As for > poetry and lyrics (a common example of when to use <br>), this should be > handled with its proper namespace anyway, since appearance is part of > the meaning (the most outstanding example being Appolinaire?s > Calligrammes). Some poetry is visual, for which we have <pre>, but not all poetry. Consider for instance the poems read by Ani DiFranco on her albums. Clearly, given that her poems here are read out and not conveyed in a visual medium, they are not primarily visual. This is the kind of poetry for which <br> would be an appropriate typographical tool. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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