- From: Alexander Savenkov <w3@hotbox.ru>
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:16:44 +0300
- To: www-html@w3.org
Toby wrote:
> 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.
I think you meant to say:
<p>Block of text</p>
<p class="empty">------------------</p>
<p>More text after a horizontal rule</p>
and in CSS:
.empty { display: none }
What's the purpose of "object type='special'" then?
The approach witš 'display: none' benefits all the users including
those with disabilities whether they have an ACCS-enabled browser or
not.
Happy New Year by the way! We have just 5 hours to go.
Best wishes!
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Alexander "Croll" Savenkov http://www.thecroll.com/
w3@hotbox.ru http://croll.da.ru/
Received on Tuesday, 31 December 2002 11:17:52 UTC