Re: Another W3C strict query

That is interesting, but how can CSS take over the target attribute?
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From: "Andrew McFarland" <aamcf(at)aamcf.co.uk>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: Another W3C strict query


> At 08:37 24/05/02 +0100, Hilma wrote:
> >But it does still sound a bit odd though, a new window is.. more function
> >than presentation?
>
> This one confused me for a while.
>
> Structural markup says "this string is that type of element" and leaves it
> at that. Presentational markup says "this string is that type of element
> and it must behave in a specified way". When you add the target attribute
> you are taking a link and specifying how it behaves.
>
> >But device specific.... so is any html page, is it not?!
>
> Not all devices that access the web have windows - just as not all devices
> that access the web have colour, or even graphics.
>
> See http://www.w3.org/2001/di/Activity
>
> Andrew
>
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