- From: Mel Hatzis <mel@cpsg.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:51:53 +1000 (EST)
- To: jenglish@crl.com (Joe English)
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
> Kevin Atkinson <kevina@clark.net> wrote: > > For some applications -- most notably tables -- whether > the text is flush-left or flush-right is a presentational > issue that is crucial to the proper interpretation of the > information. The same is true for the vertical position > of inlined images with respect to the surrounding text; > that's a property of the image itself, and can't really > be pushed off into stylesheets. Forgive me for being so naive, but what information does the vertical alignment of an inline image provide? I can't see how vertical alignment can assist the reader to understand a document better - it merely facilitates an ease of readability just as a formatted letter does. Furthermore, I think your argument of vertical positioning can be applied to text streams - indentation is a property of the text stream. Not only that, but it is a property you will find active in any document you care to read. Perhaps it's scope of use will persuade you to reconsider its structural importance. -Mel
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