Interviewed by CNN on 29/04/2013 00:48, »Q« told the world: > Lee's not creating pages for the web. People aren't reading Lee's > posts about what Lee *is* trying to do, so Lee is getting a lot > advice/opinions/noise about stuff that Lee is *not* trying to do.
Then, there's two possibilities that might have to be considered: 1. HTML may be the wrong tool for whatever he's doing. HTML was created for sharing information in a standardized way. In order to do that, it places some constraints on the ways you can present that information. For instance, there is still no convenient way to do footnotes with HTML -- I have seen any number of hacks, none really good. So he might be working with constraints that are unnecessary, when some other open format -- like (to stay on the footnote example) OpenDocument, which is the native format for OpenOffice/LibreOffice. Yes, those constraints in HTML are getting less restrictive, thanks to the evolving CSS3 and HTML5; but OTOH, old tools like Seamonkey Composer don't support those newer standards. (In fact, if memory serves well Composer has known bugs regarding HTML4, which is a fifteen-year-old standard) 2. Even for his own private use, he may be underestimating the value of interoperability. Even if he's using it for his own files, so his data does not get trapped into proprietary formats like MS-Word, he should consider the following: Technology evolves. Eventually he will get a new browser, or a new device which is not compatible with his current browsers. (Tablets and smartphones offer far less browser choice than full-fledged computers; even on those, eventually new OS versions drop support for old apps.) If his HTML is buggy, he will have problems seeing it in those new devices. That sort of defeats the purpose of using open formats -- if you still have to get the old app to read the files, it's not much better than having, say, Wordperfect for DOS files which require Wordperfect to read them, now is it? -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Nokia nGage. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.17 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
