> -----Original Message----- > From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kepler Gelotte > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:38 PM > Subject: RE: [WSG] Using JS to expand Abbreviations > > > I tend to disagree. I think trying to manipulate your HTML output by > buffering it and processing it on the server side is > overkill. It does depend on what server-side stuff you have available - I'm not saying this is a bad idea, just that it is probably better done on the server.
> JavaScript > works nicely here because the HTML is going to be parsed and > loaded into the > DOM client side anyway. Not for everyone - I do a lot of work in JavaScript, but it is unavailable on 5 - 10% of clients. > I also think what Thierry is > proposing is a simple > solution Agreed > which will degrade nicely if JavaScript is > unavailable or turned > off. No it won't degrade, it will stop working. This is more of a fix for broken presentation than an enhancement - an abreviation should always be presented in full the first time that it is usen in print, (with the abrev. following in brackets). I don't see any reason why this is different on the web, though I admit it is not common practice. > You could fall back to the CSS styling of your > abbreviations in that > case. This is not about styling. > > I also think this technique may also have value in the presentation of > microformats as in vCard. You could put a little business > card icon next to > names which could show the contact information on a hover over. Agreed, but that is a whole other idea, which I believe has already been covered, and which is purely presentational. > This is really not a print issue, since Thierry is dealing > with an attribute > in a tag (<abbr>) it wouldn't show up on a print out. I haven't tried this technique yet, but someone has already stated that since this manipulates the DOM it _will_ appear in print - the whole point is that it would not have appeared without this script! > A > similar instance is > where print outs don't show the URL (href attributes) to links. Which has been adressed frquently in the past, in a number of ways, with good reason. Regards, Mike ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
