- From: T.V Raman <raman@google.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:08:30 -0800
- To: bert@w3.org
- Cc: chairs@w3.org, spec-prod@w3.org, w3c-ac-forum@w3.org
1+. This aspect of HTML has sadly fallen by the wayside (Witness the Wild Web we live in) and one place to bring it back at least might be the W3C. Bert Bos writes: > These comments are very good, but to me they also show that we should > not try to hard-code the (G)UI in the document, because as many people > will hate it as like it. > > I think the task of the authors, and of W3C as the publisher, is to make > sure the documents are rich and consistent enough that all the different > ways of navigating and interacting are possible. As long as we get the > contents and some basic typography right, the reader can choose for > himself which UA he wants to use and how he wants to configure it. > > That, after all, is the great thing about HTML: authors can concentrate > on the contents without having to worry about the look and feel, and > readers can consume that content with a device and software of their > choosing. > > > > Bert > -- > Bert Bos ( W 3 C ) http://www.w3.org/ > http://www.w3.org/people/bos W3C/ERCIM > bert@w3.org 2004 Rt des Lucioles / BP 93 > +33 (0)4 92 38 76 92 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France > xapplication/pgp-signature [Click mouse-2 to save to a file] -- --
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