--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Noel Taylor <noelta...@gmail.com> wrote: > What is the difference then, > philosophically I guess, between a > span and a div, since their default block/inline stylings > do not determine their fundamental nature?
Their fundamental nature is, very broadly speaking: div: this is a section of the document span: this is a piece of text that is, in some way, separate from the text that surrounds it The block/inline nature of their display is, by necessity, closely linked to their very existence. In general, span and div should be avoided whenever possible. My take on the progress bar doesn't use spans or divs at all, but reuses an existing HTML element: the definition list. Take a look at: http://www.fiveminuteargument.com/progress-bar This would be a non-issue if Eric Meyer's suggestion to allow href on any element were to take off: http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2008/06/02/the-missing-link/ - Bobby ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
