Posted by dorayme on 10/23/07 20:12

In article <qLnTi.47511$RX.31043@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net>,
William Gill <noreply@example.invalid> wrote:

> 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 was trying to pin you down to some concrete problems you may be
having so that a discussion of them might be productive for you
and me and all. But I can see you are not in a mood to be
specific. You have *no* problem now with unordered lists. Fine!
<g>

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dorayme

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