- From: Tina Marie Holmboe <tina@elfi.elfi.org>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:49:49 +0100
- To: "Charles F. Munat" <chas@munat.com>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 01:43:15PM -0800, Charles F. Munat wrote: > Actually, the BR element is not intended to be used as a spacer. It's a line > break, forcing a newline at the end of the current line. If you try to use You are, of course, correct. I aid the above in what can only be described as stupor resulting from an overly large intake of pizza ... ;) Anyway; you are right. Multiple BR can without (structural) damage be collapsed into one. > The best way to build web pages, IMO, is to start with the structure of the > content and code in pure XHTML Strict. Then use CSS to apply formatting. Agreed - which is how I do my own stuff. Do as I do, not as I say ;) It is not something which can easily be done in comercial ventures, however. Even managers who accept the arguments as presented, tend to want to cover as many as possible with a (perfect, hah) layout. HTML 4.01 Transitional and careful use of CSS 1 does, however, work fairly well, and with some careful planning (which should be done anyway) it can be both laid out and accessible. -- - Tina
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