- From: Arjun Ray <aray@pipeline.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 20:55:13 -0500 (EST)
- To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@locke.ccil.org>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
On Fri, 22 Dec 1995, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > what about scroll-backward behavior? > > It's not obvious to me that anything special needs be done in this case. It's not obvious to me either, but when it comes to tag proposals, it *is* an obvious question to ask:-) It's easy to suggest tags that meet specific problems. It's much harder to design tags with *generic* functionality. That usually means a well defined *set* of semantics, and the more cases covered the better. A tag simply to control scroll-forward behavior on visual displays is misplaced in HTML. The functionality is better placed in stylesheets which *do* have a direct say in presentation features. Let's look at this way. If you can describe the functionality with (a) an adjective: think in terms of an attribute. (b) a noun: think in terms of a tag. (c) a verb: think in terms of something else, like stylesheets. Regards, Arjun
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