Re: CSS changes

["Curtis C. Hovey" <sinzui cox net>]

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 03:03, James Henstridge wrote: 
> On 13/08/2003 1:48 PM, Curtis C. Hovey wrote:
> 
> > I think we should explore using em units instead of px. Since the
> >
> >driver of this issue is the size of the text, the design should be using
> >the text's own dimensions in the solution.  I believe all gecko, IE 4+,
> >Opera 5+ handle em correctly.  Images are an exception, they only size
> >to pixels I think.
> >
> In this case, we want to size the header "large enough to display the 
> text".  Ems are not the right solution here at all, unless you know how 
> the line breaks will be inserted.  If you allow 1em of space for the 
> links in the page header, what happens if the text wraps to a second line?
> 
> By letting header <div> pick its size automatically, we don't even need 
> to worry about assigning a height to the header.  Simpler, and less 
> breakable.

Well thought.  Your right.

> > I think we are using too much generic markup (div, p) to create the
> >
> >document structure.  Your example is not necessarily representative of
> >GNOME Web content, but we should be using headings in banners, sidebars,
> >and content to distinguish the major sections of the document.  Granted
> >your example is a CSS proof, but it, like the developer homepage, is
> >inert, there are no headings, or meta content that reinforce the
> >important content of the page.
> >  
> >
> The example I gave was for the header/sidebar that surrounds the content 
> of a page.  I am not sure what elements you think should be used for 
> this, given that it is not part of the main content.
> 
> I don't think it is appropriate to use a heading tag in the header or 
> sidebar, since they are not part of the structure of the document.  If 
> you take just the heading elements from an HTML document and discard the 
> rest, you should be left with an outline.
> 
> The header/sidebar add about as much to the structure of the document as 
> a letterhead on a paper letter from a company -- it tells you a bit 
> about where the letter was from, but nothing about the content of the 
> individual document.

Wow, 2-0.  I concede.

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