On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 05:04:54PM +0000, tarquin wrote:
This is wrong reasoning. We should allow as much HTML we do now, but make parser understand more of it, so it can fix some mistakes.
What do we use HTML for? From what I've seen:
- tables -- well, most people agree that HTML tables are ugly. we just
haven't yet come up with a good enough alternative.
- erroneous use of <BR> -- if you need a new paragraph, make one. If you
feel you need a "half paragraph-break", then rethink your writing style.
- LI, UL, OL -- people who haven't read the documentation. I suppose we
can keep <LI> as a synonym for *
- aligning images right or left with complex DIV or TABLE constructs --
as above -- we need better syntax.
any other uses I've missed?
* <b> and <i> where parses breaks (happens quite often) * <center> * <tt> * <li><ul><ol> for mixed type nested lists * <br> for breaking lines (<p> is not the same as <br>) * <font> for size/color changes * probably a lot more