- From: Marcus E. Hennecke <marcush@crc.ricoh.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 14:34:19 -0700
- To: www-html@w3.org, CTaylor@wposmtp.nps.navy.mil
On Thu, 16 May 1996 14:20:43 -0800, Charles Peyton Taylor <CTaylor@wposmtp.nps.navy.mil> wrote: > I also looked at the object draft, but I don't think > <object> is the way to go because it not only does > images but also other things like quicktime movies, > which I don't see as being good list bullets. Well, allowing an object to be used as a bullet would potentially make it possible to include the image data right there in the HTML itself. Since bullets typically are small, this feature might actually get used. > <ul type=disc src="redball.gif" alt="o" > In this example, if I'm using a gui browser with > "auto-load images" turned on, the the UA should use > the image. If I have it turned off, then it should use > the disc. If I'm using a text browser, then it > should use the "o". I somehow like the idea of having an ALT attribute for UL and LI. This would allow one to do this: <ol> <li> First item <ol> <li alt="1-a)">First of first <li alt="1-b)">Second of first </ol> <li> Second item <ol> <li alt="2-a)">First of second </ol> </ol> However, a different name than ALT may be desired. The reason why I like putting item labels such as III-c in the <li> element instead of in style sheets is because IMHO, they are definitely content and not presentation. Having it as an attribute would allow a search engine to search for item III-c without first having to apply a style sheet. On the other hand, it would also still be possible to search for the third subitem of item 3 because one would still be using ordered lists. Marcus -- Marcus E. Hennecke marcush@crc.ricoh.com http://www.crc.ricoh.com/~marcush/
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