- From: Simon Hill <red_one@othersdietrying.com>
- Date: 16 Jan 2003 03:54:12 +1100
- To: www-html@w3.org
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 03:33, Tantek =?ISO-8859-1?B?xw==?=elik wrote: > On 1/15/03 7:06 AM, "Mikko Rantalainen" <mira@cc.jyu.fi> wrote: > > If you feel that you have to use br or style attribute try to think for > > a second what's the reason you "need" those. Think about *why* you're > > trying to achieve the line break or specific styling, not *what* you're > > trying to achieve. > > If you cannot see the need for the style attribute, it may simply indicate > that you have not experienced the real world situations where it is > necessary. > > I think this is in general the problem with the discussion of the 'style' > attribute. On one side there are semantic purists that don't understand > what the problem is and therefore claim there is no problem, and on the > other side there are _experienced_ folks that have seen numerous real world > situations where the style attribute is not only useful, but essential. > > These real world situations have been listed in threads in this list, but > always ignored or belittled. > Sorry for making you repeat yourself, but could you indugle me with an example of obvious style="" usage where a CSS selector will not suffice? Simon "red_one" Hill. http://www.pleasewipeyourfeet.com/red_one/
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