- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 05:22:47 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Shannon wrote: > > Something I think is really missing from HTML is "linked text" (in the > traditional desktop publishing sense), where two or more text boxes are > joined so that content overflows the first into the second and > subsequent boxes. This is a standard process for practically all > multi-column magazines, books and news layouts. It is especially > valuable for column layouts where the information is dynamic and > variable in length and therefore cannot be manually balanced. This is > not something that can be solved server-side since the actual flow is > dependent on user style-sheets, viewport and font-size. I agree that this would be a useful feature for the Web platform. However, I believe the CSS working group is a better venue for exploring such options. I recommend forwarding your proposal to www-style at w3.org. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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