Browsers indeed have already implemented some support for top-down writing. But as it is with right-to-left languages, browsers only provide some infrastructure, and the web developers have to actually use it. For RTL in MediaWiki it's CSSJanus and a lot of little tweaks all over the place. For SignWriting I haven't looked into details yet, but I suppose that it's comparable.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore 2016-05-31 8:21 GMT-07:00 Purodha Blissenbach <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > Is not top/down and the various related things currently proposed by W3C > mainly a task to be undertaken by browser makers? Should we not wait for > the first updates to appear? > > Purodha > > > On 31.05.2016 17:04, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > >> Hoi, >> The interface of MediaWiki is right to left or left to right. With ASL >> it has to be top down. This is something that has never been >> considered. I have asked for ASL to become a full project so that the >> issues can be properly seen, diagnosed and remedied. It will be >> supported by the SignWriting Foundation. There is no chance that it >> will be abandoned and it is imho enough reason to allow for it to be >> created at this time. >> Thanks, >> GerardM >> >> On 31 May 2016 at 15:40, Michael Everson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 31 May 2016, at 08:18, Gerard Meijssen >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The language policy allows us to be flexible with how we interpret >>>> >>> the rules. My experience is that we are not using this flexibility. >>> I made several proposals over te last few years and they have all >>> been torpedoed. >>> >>> Which ones? >>> >>> ASL is the latest example of this. It makes sense to allow for one >>>> >>> Wikipedia with SignWriting because it is the only way that we will >>> get the technical aspects of MediaWiki right. It means that issues >>> will be exposed in Commons and Wikidata as well. >>> >>> Can you explain why the incubator isn’t enough? I mean, if it’s >>> not working entirely well, isn’t that a problem? >>> >>> Michael Everson >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Langcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >
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