Ian Hickson wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2008, Ernest Cline wrote: > I agree that <dialog> isn't perfect and could be (and has been) confused > with dialog boxes, but I'm not convinced it's not the best name for the > job anyway. > >> The other possibility is <dialogue/> since the computing uses that cause >> confusion seem to have standardized on the shorter spelling. > > Experience with language="" on <script> suggests that many authors have > serious difficulties spelling words that contain the "gu" letter pair.
I, too, think that the word "dialog" sounds more like dialog window or dialog box than a dialogue. I'd prefer dialogue over dialog for following reasons: - cannot be confused with dialog box or dialog window - the dialogue tag would probably most often be generated by CMS system or authoring software so spelling errors are not such a big issue - dialogue is pretty seldom used feature and I believe it doesn't deserve any shorter tag If <dialog> is used instead of <dialogue> then it should be designed in a such way that it can be used for dialog box in addition to dialogue (e.g. chat) in the future. -- Mikko
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