Re: Re: [PROPOSAL] 'Region' generated ID set

Chad Whitacre wrote:
> In www.getupgetout.org #portal-column-one isn't a column at all (sorry
> to keep tooting my own horn).

oh, yes, thats true, but i don't see your names as replacement for this. 
but i haven't got an idea for it right now.

> Now that is a separate issue and your point is well-taken. This is why I 
> haven't brought this up earlier. But I figured since Joe brought it up I 
> would jump in. ;)

the region change is easily understandable, your naming scheme isn't 
(imo). having "any names" does not describe the function, and is 
therefore not semantic.

> Yes, we have a semantic naming scheme, but my point is that having a 
> semantic naming scheme is either:
> 
>   1) Not flexible enough, because we are locked into a certain
>      semantics (visual or otherwise).

thats the reason for a naming scheme :)

>   2) Ultimately non-human readable and therefore inefficient. A truly
>      abstracted and flexible semantic naming scheme would be something
>      like:
> 
>      [...]

no it wouldn't look like that - these ids don't describe the function, 
it's just a numbered id list and makes no sense ;)

> I suggest that at this point, we are truly abstracted and semantic, but, 
> ironically, by being truly semantic in terms of code position, we have 
> lost all human-readability and therefore we are killing efficiency. So 
> what I propose instead is this:

truly semantic? why? i think you misunderstood something... #alex 
doesn't reflect anything about the way it is used. semantic means *not* 
detachable from the, in this case, tag, because it wouldn't make sense 
if you have #action-item instead of #portlet-news, because it describes 
a complete different thing.

regards, michael
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