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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: html 5, as a target
Larry Garfield wrote: >> <div class="nav"> >> >> then >> >> <nav> + some funky Javascript > > But <nav> without needing JS is better still. So for those producers that > choose to use it, their HTML5-supporting users will get a superior experience Superior experience from <nav>? Could you elaborate please? >>> So what's the downside of an HTML5-based output option (not required for >>> all output, but an option alongside the various other targets) that >>> people can use when their particular user base is HTML5-capable enough? >>> Wouldn't the easy availability of such a target help push HTML5 forward >>> by providing more HTML5- dependent content, creating a demand among >>> users for better HTML5-supporting browsers? That would mean people >>> viewing DocBook output would, when they upgrade their browser, poof, get >>> the new hotness because it's already there waiting for them? >> Hmm, I still don't know what HTML5 functionality you would like to see >> in DocBook generated content. If there will be no additional >> functionality there is no reason for switching to HTML5. > > Better SEO through more semantic markup seems like a perfectly good bit of > functionality to me. ROTFL More seriously, are you aware of any search engine which prioritize pages using new HTML5 markup like <nav>, <article>, ...? No serious search engine will do this based on their previous experience with search markup abuse. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jirka Kosek e-mail: jirka@kosek.cz http://xmlguru.cz ------------------------------------------------------------------ Professional XML consulting and training services DocBook customization, custom XSLT/XSL-FO document processing ------------------------------------------------------------------ OASIS DocBook TC member, W3C Invited Expert, ISO JTC1/SC34 member ------------------------------------------------------------------
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