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Posted by Tom Stiller on 02/16/07 13:44
In article <n64ga4-1l4.ln1@ophelia.g5n.co.uk>,
Toby A Inkster <usenet200702@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:
> TaliesinSoft wrote:
>
> > But isn't it adherence to standards that should bring about uniformity
> > in presentation of a website amongst all browsers?
>
> Not really -- as I stated earlier, HTML is not a document presentation
> format; it's a language for marking up the *meaning* of the document.
HTML defines the structure of the document, not its meaning; that's the
job of the human who reads the document.
Well designed web pages separate the _presentation_ of the of the
document from its structure by moving the former to formal CSS
directives.
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> Once the browser has interpreted the meaning of the document, it should
> convey that meaning to the user. Different browsers will use different
> methods of conveying meaning to the user: that's kind of the whole point
> of even having different browsers. If different browsers displayed things
> the same, why would we need more than one browser per operating system?
In a word: performance. Modern browsers do more than just display HTML
markup. They add value with things like ad-blockers, tabbed pages, RSS
feeds, bookmark styles, etc.
>
> How are Firefox, the Nokia browser, Lynx and Jaws *ever* going to achieve
> "uniformity in presentation"? It's ridiculous to even suggest that they
> should try.
I'm glad the good folks who write browsers don't share that view.
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