- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 23:49:09 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I'm a bit confused by HTML 4.0's introduction of the BUTTON element. It seems to me that this element is new, unsupported, not backwards- compatible, and presentation-based. The HTML 4.0 draft describes it as follows: - ---- A BUTTON element whose type is "submit" and whose content is an image (e.g., the IMG element) is very similar to an INPUT element whose type is "image". They both cause a form to be submitted, but their presentation is different. In this context, an INPUT element is supposed to be rendered as a "flat" image, while a BUTTON is supposed to be rendered as a button (e.g., with relief and an up/down motion when clicked). - ----<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-html40/interact/forms.html#h-9.1.2.2>---- Declaring how elements are "supposed to be rendered" seems strange given the draft's overall emphasis on platform independence and structural markup. Does anyone know why BUTTON was introduced, and why a structural element was not used instead? Perhaps changing the name to ACTION (better suggestions?) would at least eliminate the element's apparent focus on presentation. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBM8xEsw/JhtXygIx1AQE3MQL/byDlfVk6SlnM3MJe4fkixsVIMMjHL9wI Tz+agDI8mFUsLw9Wn2wBbPxpua27nPTXNDn62znwxuQSpjfnsCLF2uglCepZLM9S nz7yNhrChuTJpzrPviWL/AQOkrnqrGe3 =Byxh -----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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