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Ian Hickson: a <section> in a <header>? sheesh ... html5 being abused already :-( ... oh lord, an <h3> in a <footer>, too
Context: Apple has long been a strong advocate of web standards: Introducing Safari 4.
In order to prevent such abuse from spreading, perhaps HTML5 should reparent such misplaced elements.
HTML5 is being <s>ab</s>used already, and with the earliest examples comes a reality check. This could be funny.
Too many folk in the working group believe in a prescriptive standard, to fit their point of view. This is a problem. But then I have completely failed to make that point before - so nevermind.
Posted by Preston L. Bannister atIf i read the HTML 5 draft, i am missing easy explanations what elements are alowed in an other element. There is no coercive logic why a header may not contain a navigation. Apples website is an example for a website whichs navigation is the header.
The current spec is to nerdy written to be understandable by most authors. If the WAHTWG does really care about HTML 5 either the spec needs to be changed (i believe its possible, but don’t now if its a good idea regarding overhead) or they need to create 2 documents, one for authors, one for implementers.
Posted by noni atYeah, their safari start page serves up media content with <audio> without setting the content type in the http header, either. Interesting, that.
Posted by Christopher Blizzard atThe current spec is to nerdy written to be understandable by most authors. If the WAHTWG does really care about HTML 5 either the spec needs to be changed (i believe its possible, but don’t now if its a good idea regarding overhead) or they need to...
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