http://simplebits.com/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/ Handcrafted pixels & text from Salem, Massachusetts. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:15:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://simplebits.com/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-97 Chris D Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:11:08 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-97 You are right Dan, by reading my previous post I realized that it does come across as over confident... I should have used the more cautious approach of "In my humble opinion" as I strictly base my post on that. :) I did stumble on a <a href="http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2004/04/20/sq.html" rel="nofollow">SimpleQuiz</a> from a while ago that led to this kind of debate in the comments. BTW, my answer's C. Too late now for the t-shirt I guess, eh? :P I based my opinion on Tantek's recent presentation: <a href="http://tantek.com/presentations/2005/09/elements-of-xhtml/" rel="nofollow">The Elements of Meaningful XHTML</a> in which he touches on the subject on page 33. Mind you, I was not lucky enough to attend his presentation, so I am missing on any complementary information he might have added in spoken explanations. I agree with you that there is room for interpretation. However, I find that the name leaves less of it. A definition list should by definition and in my opinion, contain just that, definitions. Cheers, CD You are right Dan, by reading my previous post I realized that it does come across as over confident… I should have used the more cautious approach of “In my humble opinion” as I strictly base my post on that. :)
I did stumble on a SimpleQuiz from a while ago that led to this kind of debate in the comments. BTW, my answer’s C. Too late now for the t-shirt I guess, eh? :P
I based my opinion on Tantek’s recent presentation: The Elements of Meaningful XHTML in which he touches on the subject on page 33. Mind you, I was not lucky enough to attend his presentation, so I am missing on any complementary information he might have added in spoken explanations.
I agree with you that there is room for interpretation. However, I find that the name leaves less of it. A definition list should by definition and in my opinion, contain just that, definitions.
Cheers,
CD

]]> http://simplebits.com/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-96 Anonymous Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:09:41 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-96 You are right Dan, by reading my previous post I realized that it does come across as over confident... I should have used the more cautious approach of "In my humble opinion" as I strictly base my post on that. :) I did stumble on a <a href="http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2004/04/20/sq.html" rel="nofollow">SimpleQuiz</a> from a while ago that led to this kind of debate in the comments. BTW, my answer's C. Too late now for the t-shirt I guess, eh? :P I based my opinion on Tantek's recent presentation: <a href="http://tantek.com/presentations/2005/09/elements-of-xhtml/" rel="nofollow">The Elements of Meaningful XHTML</a> in which he touches on the subject on page 33. Mind you, I was not lucky enough to attend his presentation, so I am missing on any complementary information he might have added in spoken explanations. I agree with you that there is room for interpretation. However, I find that the name leaves less of it. A definition list should by definition and in my opinion, contain just that, definitions. Cheers, CD You are right Dan, by reading my previous post I realized that it does come across as over confident… I should have used the more cautious approach of “In my humble opinion” as I strictly base my post on that. :)
I did stumble on a SimpleQuiz from a while ago that led to this kind of debate in the comments. BTW, my answer’s C. Too late now for the t-shirt I guess, eh? :P
I based my opinion on Tantek’s recent presentation: The Elements of Meaningful XHTML in which he touches on the subject on page 33. Mind you, I was not lucky enough to attend his presentation, so I am missing on any complementary information he might have added in spoken explanations.
I agree with you that there is room for interpretation. However, I find that the name leaves less of it. A definition list should by definition and in my opinion, contain just that, definitions.
Cheers,
CD

]]> http://simplebits.com/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-95 Dan Cederholm Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:06:01 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-95 Chris D - How can you can say a definition list is "not the correct use"? The spec is rather vague, and leaves room for interpretation. Seems a list of comments is a perfectly fine application for them. Chris D – How can you can say a definition list is “not the correct use”? The spec is rather vague, and leaves room for interpretation. Seems a list of comments is a perfectly fine application for them.

]]> http://simplebits.com/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-94 Chris D Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:21:59 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-94 Josh didn't look at the source code... The bold #1 is simply so because it's wrapped in a pair of strong tags. Furthermore, the comments are stored in a definition list, which is not the correct semantic use of such lists. Josh didn’t look at the source code… The bold #1 is simply so because it’s wrapped in a pair of strong tags. Furthermore, the comments are stored in a definition list, which is not the correct semantic use of such lists.

]]> http://simplebits.com/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-93 Josh Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:33:32 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-93 Well, your comment now has a bold #1 by it, Gena, so I guess he figured it out. Question is: how? Well, your comment now has a bold #1 by it, Gena, so I guess he figured it out. Question is: how?

]]> http://simplebits.com/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-92 Gena Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:54:55 +0000 http://www.simplebits.com/wp/notebook/2003/05/14/styling-the-number-of-an-ordered-list/#comment-92 Was there ever an answer for this? Was there ever an answer for this?

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