Re: Gutter language from Ka-Ping Yee on 1996-07-05 (www-html@w3.org from July 1996)

From: Ka-Ping Yee <s-ping@orange.cv.tottori-u.ac.jp>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 15:05:46 +0900
To: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
Cc: "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>, "'www-style@w3.org'" <www-style@w3.org>
Message-Id: <31DCB0BA.25584632@sse.tottori-u.ac.jp>

David Perrell wrote:
> 
> Of course, WWW authors will be denied gutters.

Not necessarily!  What about style sheets for printing?

> But from experience
> I contend that alleys are preferable

Supporting vote for "alley".

Nice, short, simple term with an obvious meaning and easily
distinguishable from "gutter".

Ping

Received on Friday, 5 July 1996 02:07:42 UTC