- From: MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 19:18:33 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
Once upon a time James K. Tauber shaped the electrons to say... >You'd need a DIV for each subsection of your FAQ. What's wrong with >that? It makes perfect sense to me. Maybe I misunderstand what you mean What does it buy me? I'm serious - assume I want every section to use the same styles so I'm not using DIV to indicate classes or anything. <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>b</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><DIV><H1>some text</H1><DIV> <H2>section</H2><P>First Paragraph</P><DIV><H2>Another section</H2><P>Another Paragraph</P></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> What will this do for me - other than reduce readability of the document and drive me crazy when I do markup trying to keep track of DIVs? This is like programming LISP/SCHEME and keeping track of Parens! (I hate those languages...) I don't see the advantage to this, what am I missing? >The main flaw I see in my DIV proposal is that it makes nonsense of the >different Hn elements and really requires an H element whose >presentation is determined by the level of the DIV nesting. What happens when we get Divs nested 6 deep? Have you seen H6 lately? On Netscape it is almost unreadable it is so small. And I can see more than 6 deep nesting on some docs I have. >But I still don't understand your problem with restrictive DIVs. If you >are marking up a *structured* document, they would be a dream come true. And what about when I'm just tossing up a personal page that rambles on and doesn't have a rigid structure? -MZ -- Although I work for Livingston Enterprises Technical Support, I alone am responsible for everything contained herein. So don't waste my managers' time bitching to them if you don't like something I've said. Flame me. Phone: 800-458-9966 support@livingston.com <http://www.livingston.com/> FAX: 510-426-8951 6920 Koll Center Parkway #220, Pleasanton, CA 94566
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