On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nathan Rixham wrote: >> "The most common misconception of how this element should be used is for >> the standard sidebar." - see: http://html5doctor.com/understanding-aside/ > > Unfortunatley I examined that side quite thoroughly and got smacked with a > link to the W3C Editor's Draft. I stand corrected by ignorance: > > "The element can be used for typographical effects like pull > quotes or sidebars, for advertising, for groups of nav elements, > and for other content that is considered separate from the main > content of the page." > > http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-aside-element > > Looks like the W3C watered it down to appease the worlds morons. I mean > seriously... for advertising?? I have a better tag for that: > > <crap> > Buy my shit now... 50% off!!! > </crap> > > Seriously, then screen readers would know exactly what not to read to their > listeners. Of course, it wouldn't get used... someone would use <aside> > instead :B > > Oh, well... so much for the much anticipated semantic web. I shall strive to > use it correctly, as I'm sure the original author intended. > > <aside> > I think I need a snack... all this abuse of English is making > me hungry :B > </aside> > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > http://www.interjinn.com > Application and Templating Framework for PHP I agree. Of course, it isn't final yet, so perhaps there is time for comments to be heard. Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
