John Maddock wrote: > Rene Rivera wrote: >> I'll see... One of the big things I noticed in the recent docs is >> using tables for the admonitions. > > Hmmm, I'm not sure if that's us or the docbook stylesheets. Looks OK, > what's wrong with a table here (sorry for the dumb question)?
Because tables are a structural element. Using them for admonitions is subverting the meaning of the content. One effect is that in the web site it looks like a table, since I put in the different style. This style issue is not limited to the web site, users are free to put in their own style at a whim. The ideal is that when you switch off the default style, like Firefox allows, the page is still readable. Another effect would be that someone using a non-visual page reader would be misled and confused by content that claims to be a table, but isn't. >> Maybe this is something Matias could do. Since it would help >> tremendously if we move the docs to this decade. Especially as it >> opens them up to a wider audience. > > Don't you mean this century ? :-> I'm holding out hope that by the next decade something better will come up ;-) And of course I haven't yet mentioned passing the WAI conformance tests. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - grafikrobot/yahoo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
