Re: [PHP] PHP Manual problems

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Robert Cummings <[email protected]> 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.
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I agree. Of course, it isn't final yet, so perhaps there is time for
comments to be heard.

Andrew