RT @stevefaulkner: "The span element doesn't mean anything on its own" - HTML5 w3.org/TR/html5/text-level-s… @mollydotcom
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Why do people think quoting specs makes their argument right? I am saying that HTML5 is NOT MARKUP @mpaciello @stevefaulkner
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@mollydotcom your argument is too meta for me, i was/am talking about meaning as expressed in aural UI of HTML @mpaciello
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@stevefaulkner @mpaciello I'm talking about how to express this to people you're talking about how to apply it. I'm meta. That's what I do.
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@mollydotcom sure, my original tweet was clarifying how its application affects end users @mpaciello
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@mollydotcom and how under some circumstances <div> will convey meaning to end users @mpaciello
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@mollydotcom and how its placement in DOM or addition of attributes can give it unintended meaning @mpaciello
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@stevefaulkner @mpaciello the final point is that words matter. They have meaning. That is semantics. We all toss words around too casually.
Oct 16, 2015 · 6:11 AM UTC
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