On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]<simetrical%[email protected]> > wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Thomas Koetter > <[email protected]> wrote: > > What strikes me though is that according to the spec "The br element > represents a line break". A *line* break is presentational in nature. The > break is structural, but restricting it to a certain presentation of that > break lacks the desired separation of structure and presentation. > > Anything else is impossible in this case. <b> and <i> are also > presentational, but the presentation cannot be separated from the > semantics. > That's totally incorrect in HTML5 as Thomas has pointed out. Let me ask you a question. What do you suppose non-visual user agent should do when they encounter br? Simply ignore them because it only signifies a line break? Or read out that there's a line break? Neither seems user friendly to me. If anything, a momentary pause will be appropriate because what's what we usually do when reading a book and a line break appears. This clearly isn't *line break*. Best, Ryosuke Niwa
