- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 22:09:45 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Pawe? Stradomski wrote: > W li?cie Ian Hickson z dnia wtorek 13 maja 2008: > > > * I understand the concept of the <dialog/> element but it's named > > > completely wrong. The point is to markup a conversation between two or > > > more parties. The problem is that the word "dialog", when in used in > > > user interfaces, refers to small windows that can be interacted with. > > > When I first read about this element, I assumed it was a way to indicate > > > that part of the page is a dialog window outside of the normal flow of > > > the document (which I thought was cool). After reading the rest, I was > > > disappointed to find out that wasn't the intent. I'd rename this element > > > as <conversation/> or <discussion/> to avoid such misunderstandings. > > > > I agree that the name is suboptimal but those names are worse (they're > > too long, and they're overly specific). I'm not sure what to do about > > this. > > Perhaps <talk> ? Short and simple, although not exactly equal in meaning > to <dialog>. That's probably the best suggestion so far, but I'm still not convinced it's really much better than <dialog>. I think it has at least as many other interpretations (e.g. what we call a "talk" over here is really a slide show). -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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