- From: Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 05:42:59 -0800
- To: www-html@w3.org
On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 02:05:21PM +0100, Christian Wolfgang Hujer wrote: > Hello Philip, > Howdy :-) > .. > > I say yes[pagebreaks are useful for non-print media], because the "page" > > metaphore extends beyond simply the printed > > page: it is useful for the concept of a browser "window" also. > > I do not want to agree on that. > The page metaphore already exists for a browser window and is simply > represented by a HTML file. Here's where I disagree with YOUR premise :-) I think you are saying 'there is already an entity called an HTML/web "page", which does not match up to your terms...' The trouble is... whoever first called it a "page" was an idiot! A page is something of fixed physical size, that contains all or part of a written work. The clear analogy for that in the electronic realm is a "window". A web "page" should simply be called a web "doc" or something. That being said, I recognize popular usage,and if your main objection is the name, I'm happy to hear alternate names for the attribute :-) <hr framediv=here> ? BTW: I dont see your comment about hr not being in XHTML-BASIC as relevant. XHTML-BASIC is designed for things like CELLPHONES! WIth a screen that tiny, you can barely do much more than simple H# tags :-/
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