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Posted by William Gill on 10/23/07 14:42
dorayme wrote:
> OK. What are some of the main things puzzling you? The meaning of
> individual elements? How the meaning of some elements are more
> specific than others? Which elements have some significant
> meaning and which do not?
Bearing in mind I am trying to break bad habits as well as form new
ones, yes. For instance, 15 years ago I never considered my navigation
links as an unordered list, and it probably wasn't important since
several structural approaches rendered the same effect. Now with the
various non-visual UA's it impacts how a page is "rendered." So it is
important enough for me to readdress my navigation bars. On the other
hand, appropriate use of H# elements has never been an issue.
> How much effort to put into avoiding
> basically meaningless containers like divs?
>
I don't want to be a zealot about it, I think I can decide when a div, a
table, or even a span is OK, but I do think a more semantic approach in
general will prevent unnecessary div propagation.
I need to do a comprehensive analysis, but my problem is that when I
review new material for beginners, I have a tendency to read what is
already in my mind, and not what is being expressed. I'm sure we all do
that to some extent, but my particular disability exacerbates the
problem. I certainly don't want to get into any black and white holy
war that says things like "Though shalt not use tables (or divs, or
spans, etc)", on the other hand I don't want to use them to compensate
for poor markup. I use dl frequently for things that aren't strictly
definition lists, but I'm not sure I understand all of the ramifications.
I respect the opinions of the people like you in this forum. Even when
I disagree, I can usually improve my perspective. I have a feel for the
mindset of some of the people here, and as a result can temper my own
opinions. When I search for semantic html, I get lots of results, but
have no way of evaluating their relevance, accuracy, or anything else.
I'm even beginning to wonder if I'm sending myself on a snipe hunt.
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