- From: George Chavchanidze <gch@rmi.acnet.ge>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:58:19 -0400 (GMT)
- To: www-style@w3.org
I like ability to attach hyperlink functionality to elements via CSS and I think this is very useful functionality that should be preserved in subsequent Working Drafts. In particular it would be nice if current features of CSS hyperlinks listed below will not be lost in final spec. 1. Accessibility Users can control behavior of hyperlinks via user style sheet. 2. Flexibility Using alternate style sheets authors may suggest multiple navigation options to user. Behavior of links can be media dependant. For instance @media screen one may prefer to open target in new tab while @media projection where tabs are less convenient the same link can be opened in existing viewport. 3. Universality Browser can't have native support for all markup languages but definitely many things can be achieved by developing default style sheets for each markup language and here CSS hyperlinks module is really required. Consider default CSS style sheets for XML applications like TEI or DocBook. They definitely lack one thing - ability to handle hyperlinks. One can render most of TEI documents in browsers using CSS but there was no mechanism to attach hyperlink behavior to TEI links. Situation is similar in many other XML applications that have their own hyperlinks: a) XHTML, Open eBook <a href="http://www.w3.org">W3C</a> b) TEI <ref target="http://www.w3.org">W3C</ref> c) DocBook <ulink url="http://www.w3.org">W3C</ulink> d) SCALA <go to="http://www.w3.org">W3C</go> Therefore I think that hyperlink module is really necessary, please don't drop it. Best wishes, George
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