Re: The Future of HTML (was: Acronyms and Abbreviations)

Also sprach JOrendorff@ixl.com:

 > For a change, I'd like to hear from those of you who really
 > know HTML.  HTML 4.0 does have gaps.  What tags do you think
 > belong in future versions?

An good question.

 > For example, (and I don't claim to be an authority on this
 > at all) I'd like to see markup for names:
 > 
 >   <name of="book">The Elements of Style</name>
 >   <name of="song">Penny Lane</name>
 >   <name of="periodical">The Alarmist</name>

How about:

  <span class="book">The Elements of Style</span>
  <span class="song">Penny Lane</span>
  <span class="periodical">The Alarmist</span>

Agreed, your examples read better than mine, but mine have the benefit
of working in a few hundred million browsers already. 

Perhaps someone should start collecting a list of "standard" class
names?

-h&kon

Chief Technology Officer                                Opera Software
Håkon Wium Lie                     http://www.opera.com/people/howcome
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Received on Sunday, 24 October 1999 16:15:22 UTC