- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:37:50 +0200
On Wed, 07 May 2008 09:37:43 +0200, fantasai <fantasai.lists at inkedblade.net> wrote: >> I don't think <conversation> or <transcript> or <discussion> are better >> than <dialog>. I agree that "dialog" is a suboptimal name, though. >> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: >>> > >>> > As discussed earlier this week, the <dialog/> element is confusing >>> in > that the term "dialog" in software engineering typically means >>> "dialog > window". I first thought the element was a way to indicate >>> that a part > of the page was used as a dialog rather than part of the >>> normal content > flow. ... > > You could use <dialogue> instead of <dialog>. "Dialog" is an alternate > spelling > of "dialogue" in common English, but IIRC "dialogue" is never used for > dialog > boxes. I'm sure mpt can correct me if I'm wrong... Also see http://forums.whatwg.org/viewtopic.php?t=24 for discussion about <dialog> vs <dialogue>. -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
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