- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:36:45 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 07:53 PM 13/07/97 PST, Mike Meyer wrote: >> CSS1 removes the need for > >Well, using CSS1 instead of multiple 's in hopes they won't >collapse is certainly an improvement. The intended use of - as >an indicator that some space is not a candidate for word wrapping - >would seem to be better done with than a SPAN and a style to >keep it from wrapping. For a single space, anyway. > >Of course, removing the reason for abuse also removes the reason for >wanting a statement about whether or not it collapses. After all, you >should just use CSS1, which we want to encourage, right? We've established that there is no use for multiple non-breaking spaces except as a presentation hack, so why not define the non-breaking space as collapsible? The other alternatives are to define it as non-collapsible, which would give justification to the abuse, or to avoid a statement, which still leaves many people assuming that whatever Netscape does is the standard, de facto or otherwise. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBM8meyw/JhtXygIx1AQENxQMAoHsukitV27HUaiaj1OhpKmAqAUGBm7FU eHp7flymJXhPWHElBOCzJ40gTy1Wb7I3pLNVDszLGLdkXe4RFIi4OuXMUIA78pKE xVX/6gvw+AZUy+CU2fWH5I2pkFk0D4IC =3sKO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Liam Quinn =============== http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/ =============== Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/ ====== PGP Key at http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/pgp.html =====
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