On Apr 27, 2004, at 07:56, David Friedland wrote:
I wish you the best of luck in your campaign. I've asked for <span> tags TWICE before and got shot down twice with the explanation that <span> tags make the wikitext harder to read (as though <div> tags were somehow better)
<div> tags are *also* bad, as are <font> tags. They're already there, though, and asking for something to be *added* and asking for something to be *removed* are different types of requests.
The idea that a <span> with an inline style is "better" than <font> however is ludicrous; they are of precisely identical complexity (they must specify the same information, though using a different syntax) and equally lack semantic value. <span>'s only theoretical value is in creating semantically meaningful pseudo-tags via class specifications, something which is only useful if you also control the global style sheet.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)