>From this thread, it seems like the true purpose of irrelevant is to add to >HTML the logical equivalent of display:none in CSS. If that is true, then I'd >agree with Jeff that renaming the attribute "ignore" or "omit" is a good idea. >Can anyone either confirm or deny the purpose of this attribute as the >following description:
"This attribute is used to indicate part of a document whose content is not considered primary to the page. In visual UAs, elements with this attribute are not rendered; in non-visual UAs, elements with this attribute are not read as part of the normal content flow." Thoughts? -Nicholas ----- Original Message ---- From: Jeff Walden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Nicholas C. Zakas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: James Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 11:41:41 AM Subject: Re: [whatwg] @Irrelevant [was: Re: Thoughts on HTML 5] Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: > If the true purpose of the irrelevant attribute is to aid in > accessibility, then I think the name is completely wrong. The term > "irrelevant" is confusing because, as I stated before, why would anyone > include content in a page that is irrelevant? What you really need is a > way to say "this is relevant only for non-visual UA's". Perhaps a better > attribute name would be "nonvisual"? Unnecessarily suggests a particular medium of display; I suggest the shorter alternatives ignore(d) or omit(ted) if you really want the functionality. The biggest problem with the attribute is the spec doesn't sufficiently clearly describe the motivation for it; I suggest mentioning the preloading of iframes as such an example (they don't load/render if they're display:none, so it's either visibility:hidden (?) or launching the element into outer space offscreen with position/top/left), perhaps in an informative paragraph. Jeff ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
