Re: <hr /> and WD-xhtml2-20021218

Devon Y. said:
> I just can't see how an <hr /> element is anything but presentational.
> Anyone can mimic the <hr />'s effect using CSS. For me, that means <hr
> />'s  are just code clutter.

I am very much of the school of thought that we should use XHTML 2 as a
way to kill off the <hr /> element. Once <br /> is gone, <hr /> will be
the only empty visible element (ie: not inside <head /> or <object />)

Instead we should define a special object type attribute value, say
"special/hr" that can be used like this:

<p>Block of text</p>
<object type="special/hr">------------------</object>
<p>More text after a horizontal rule</p>

This can be used for those people who are desperate for a rule, but refuse
to use CSS, or for CSS-less browsers.

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