- From: Keith Duncan <k.m.duncan@dundee.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 14:02:46 -0000
- To: www-html-editor@w3.org
I am refering to "mailto:" instances. Sometimes it is possible for people to type a correct email address in the mailto part, but get this wrong in this "visible" part. e.g. **** WRONG **** <a href="mailto:www.html.editor@w3.org">www-html-editor@w3.org</a> I know that some people prefer to use a friendly name as the visible part... e.g **** RIGHT **** <a href="mailto:www-html-editor@w3.org">W3 HTML Editors</a> For the instances where the email address is the same for both (ie for mailto: and for between opening and closing tags - ie "visible" part) - is it not possible to handle this in a different way? Perhaps it is laziness, carelessness etc... However if web-authors only needed to type an address once, then fair enough it may still be incorrect, but at least could stand a greater chance of being consistent. I think it is better to be consistently wrong, rather than to be inconsistent. Though neither is ideal. Unfortunately I don't have any answers :-( ...just think it would be good if it could be improved in some way? Then there are other issues relating to harvesting of e-mail addresses.... Im sure that you (like a vast proportion of other users) hate SPAM mail / junk mail. I would gladly welcome any attempt to re-think how email addresses are coded in HTML and any anti-SPAM measures would be a bonus - though realise the solution here is less likely to be markup orientated. /(eith -- Keith Duncan Research Technician Electronic Engineering and Physics Division, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Dundee Nethergate Dundee DD1 4HN Tel +44(0)1382 344570 Fax +44(0)1382 348313
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