True. I guess the question is if you think a horizontal line is important to the content or just a visual element.
I tend to think of them as visual elements, therefore decorative and best done with CSS. To me, if you don't see the ruled line in Lynx then it doesn't matter. You aren't missing out on anything important. The text is still readable and no meaning has been lost. No damage done. But if you think the HR is important to the content and adds to the users understanding of the text, then of course you should use it :) It's the same with images. If an image is decorative, then use CSS to display it. Somebody with a text browser won't even know it was supposed to be there. But they won't have missed out on anything. If, on the other hand, the image adds meaning, then it needs to be right in the HTML so the Lynx using user knows it's there and has the option to download it. Just my 2c :) Lucien. On 20/2/07 9:43 AM, "Hassan Schroeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dwain Alford wrote: > >> as long as i'm good to go with what i have, away with the hrs. > > Uh, realizing, I hope, that the prior poster may be wrong :-) > > Your HR will show a logical separation exists without depending on > presentational styling via CSS. > > But I won't see your pretty /non-semantic/ DIV border using Lynx, > for example... > > FWIW! > >> On 2/19/07, *Lucien Stals* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> An HR element is effectively presentation markup. It's a *visual* >> break in >> the page. This means that if you are working towards proper semantic >> markup, >> you shouldn't be using the HR element. >> >> Styling a DIV is just fine. The DIV can be used to semantically >> indicate a >> section of text and may contain several P tags, for example. Then >> you could >> style to DIV by adding a border. >> >> Now the structure is semantic, and the visual effect (the horizontal >> line) >> is in the CSS where it belongs. -- Lucien Stals Web Developer Academic Development and Support Phone +61 3 9214 4474 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Education is only the beginning. Let's get on with it. Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
