Thanks to everyone contributing on this thread -- though it has not so far
resulted in a change to the spec, this was a model discussion.
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011, usuario wrote:
Tiis may seem somewhat silly, every front-end developer have ever used a
a wrapper div, shouldn't it be more semantic
[resending reply, sorry again with problems]
My idea of wrapper or content was to identify actual content from the rest
of the window space. Like headerwrapperactual content centered at
960px/wrapper/header
Thanks, I hope i can still contribute to the list, even if my thoughts seem
odd.
On 3/1/11, usuario soyh...@gmail.com wrote:
[resending reply, sorry again with problems]
My idea of wrapper or content was to identify actual content from the rest
of the window space. Like headerwrapperactual content centered at
960px/wrapper/header
That seems like a presentational problem,
Am 28.02.2011 19:56 schrieb Tab Atkins Jr.:
I believe you're arguing that the wrapper semantic, being similarly
ubiquitous, thus needs its own new element as well. What you're
missing is that the wrapper semantic is precisely whatdiv already
expresses.
I do understand usuario's wrapper
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Markus Ernst derer...@gmx.ch wrote:
Am 28.02.2011 19:56 schrieb Tab Atkins Jr.:
I believe you're arguing that the wrapper semantic, being similarly
ubiquitous, thus needs its own new element as well. What you're
missing is that the wrapper semantic is
Am 01.03.2011 23:50 schrieb Jordan Dobson:
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Markus Ernstderer...@gmx.ch wrote:
Am 28.02.2011 19:56 schrieb Tab Atkins Jr.:
I believe you're arguing that the wrapper semantic, being similarly
ubiquitous, thus needs its own new element as well. What you're
I agree with Bjartur, div does the work fine.
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:40:15 -0500, ddailey wrote:
Given that SVG and HTML are now interminglable in the same document,
why not start intermingling their tag definitions?
Please don't start mixing SVG+HTML properties or one day it will be a
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Jukka K. Korpela jkorp...@cs.tut.fi wrote:
Bjartur Thorlacius wrote:
[quotation reorganized by me]
What semantics would such an wrapper element provide over div? I'd
rather discourage, and provide alternative features to wrapping.
Providing another element
[Had problems sending my mails to the list, resending message]
Some of you may be questioning why a wrapper element if it has not
semantics, the thing is, It DO have semantics.
Wrapper:
a container element whose solely purpose is to isolate flow content for
visually appealing purposes. It it
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 18:46 +, usuario wrote:
[Had problems sending my mails to the list, resending message]
Some of you may be questioning why a wrapper element if it has not
semantics, the thing is, It DO have semantics.
Wrapper:
a container element whose solely purpose is to
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:46 AM, usuario soyh...@gmail.com wrote:
div carries no semantic meaning. If you are using it for such, the
semantic is purely internal to your application, and thus doesn't
carry the common meaning of semantics as used on the web.
We have no problems with div
Tiis may seem somewhat silly, every front-end developer have ever used a a
wrapper div, shouldn't it be more semantic to have a wrapper element?
If said wrappers don't have any semantics but grouping loosely related
elements, for which no semantic container exists, div seems
appropriate.
What semantics would such an wrapper element provide over div? I'd
rather discourage, and provide alternative features to wrapping.
Providing another
Bjartur Thorlacius wrote:
[quotation reorganized by me]
On 2/27/11, usuario soyh...@gmail.com wrote:
Tiis may seem somewhat silly, every front-end developer have ever
used a a wrapper div, shouldn't it be more semantic to have a
wrapper element?
If said wrappers don't have any semantics but
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Tiis may seem somewhat silly, every front-end developer have ever used a a
wrapper div, shouldn't it be more semantic to have a wrapper element?
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