- From: Laurens Holst <lholst@students.cs.uu.nl>
- Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:31:32 +0100
- To: Matthew Raymond <mattraymond@earthlink.net>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
Matthew Raymond schreef: >>> 3) It pollutes the URL. >>> >> No it does not. This preserves the ability to link to a certain state >> within a document (for free, it is inherent to the design), which is >> quite a valueable merit. >> > > That's somewhat true, but we need to distinguish between a > presentational state and linking to a specific part of the document. If > you're using an ID in the URL solely to trigger the :target > pseudo-class, they you're talking about presentation. I don’t think it is different than any other fragment identifier. You are linking to a specific clearly identified section of the document (e.g. interface settings, auto-reply settings, personal information, etc). Whether it is displayed as a tab is a presentational detail. > If the user > specifically wants to link to a certain element within the document, > then that's a navigational state. What was proposed was using the > document URL for presentational purposes. Tabs aren’t navigational elements? ~Grauw -- Ushiko-san! Kimi wa doushite, Ushiko-san!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laurens Holst, student, university of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Website: www.grauw.nl. Backbase employee; www.backbase.com.
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