- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 15:20:59 +0000
- To: www-style@w3.org
Shelby Moore wrote: > Now I know the XBL proponents want to think that if a <select> is > implemented by XBL code as a list of <a> hyperlinks, then the semantics > haven't changed because <select> is in the markup, not <a>s. But if I > accepted that logic, then I can put on Halloween mask and tell everyone I > am Modzilla, and that means it is true. We don't want to create an > architecture for a "web of deception". Actually, based on what you say in the beginning, the mask example would be: you can put on a mask and act like Modzilla, but underneath you're still Shelby (the <select> is putting on a mask of <a>s, but the semantics in the markup still say it's a <select>). P -- Patrick H. Lauke __________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __________________________________________________________ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __________________________________________________________
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