> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Heiden > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WSG] semantics : was-[HR tag and Semantics] > > Michael, > > > No, no, no! A DIV is semantically neutral, ie has no meaning > > whatsoever. The addition of a class name does not change > that. So how > > can a pair of DIV's have more meaning than a specific HTML element? > > Yes a DIV is semantically neutral, but it has a structural meaning. > And HR doesn't have a semantic meaning either, it's just visual with a > structural implication. >
Would you care to back that up by explaining what 'structural meaning' a DIV has? > I prefer the DIV because it shows beginning and end of the structural > group. HR doesn't do that, it just marks the end. No, a DIV 'marks' the start and finish of an arbitrary block, in the 'markup' sense of the word 'mark' By default, nothing about a DIV is visible, even in a visual browser. In an aural or text-only browser a DIV might as well not exist. > But one should consider that HR has an advantage: some text-browsers > and screen readers will render it, the DIV is simply ignored if it > isn't addressed by css. > Agreed, only I think it is really 'all' not just 'some' Mike ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
