On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, tarquin wrote:
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?
Yes
* Special characters, such as é, ä, š etcetera. - I would be much in favor of keeping them. * <sup> and <sub>. There isn't wiki for them yet, but it could be defined * Special typefaces like <type> * font sizes * People using HTML for things like boldface and headers. Unnecessary, I'd say, but it happens a lot. * I myself have used <blockquote> at least once. (see [[Gall-Peters projection]]) * ... and undoubtedly there's still a number I forgot.
Andre Engels