Thanks All, I think lists is the way to go in this case, a paragraph is more appropriate(some would say only ever appropriate) where it is truly a paragraph of text/content
Well, time to rework my own footers :) On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 01:50:21 +0000, James Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit > > It's a list of information for the user. You can use floats to turn > on/off horizontal/vertical display of the list. You'll have much more > control over the list display than with a br > > Also, you should move the pipes within an li tag or use the li or <a> > border to act as the delimiter so a screen reader won't pick it up and > say "pipe" or whatever (I think that's right?) . As an aside it's a good > idea to watch that the characters # and | in that order :D You never > know what the screen reader might say.. > > Also Also watch the "" in footer. > > Cheers > James > > Amit Karmakar wrote: > > Apologies if this has been discussed before. > > > > What is better in terms of semantics and accessibility? > > > > <div id=""footer"> > > <p>stuff | more stuff<br /> > > stuff too | more stuff again</p> > > </div> > > > > or > > > > <div id=""footer"> > > <ul><li>stuff</li> | <li>more stuff</li> > > <li>stuff too</li> | <li>more stuff again</li></ul> > > </div> > > > > Obviously the first one uses a <br /> to differentiate 2 lines, which > > I am sure can be done many other ways too. > > > > The second method in my opinion has more control over the information > > as it uses <li>s instead of <p>, would it be right to say <p>s need be > > used more in the content area instead of footers. > > > > Would appreciate your feedback on this. > > > > Regards, > > Amit Karmakar > > http://karmakars.com > > ****************************************************** > > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > > > Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ > > Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge > > To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 > > > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > > ****************************************************** > > > > > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ > Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge > To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > -- Regards, Amit Karmakar http://karmakars.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
