[wp-testers] Quote?

[Doug Stewart]

All due respect, Owen, but semantics _do_ matter.  The default theme
outputs blockquotes styled with quotes.  If the WYSIWYG editor is
outputting <blockquote>, then newbies will start asking "Why are my
indents all showing up with quote marks?" in the fora.

I think that those on the design/implementation side of things MUST be
pedantic and think through their actions, lest they incur all manner
of unforseen consequences down the line.


My $2/100.

-Doug Stewart

On 11/17/05, Owen Winkler <ringmaster at midnightcircus.com> wrote:
> Doug Stewart wrote:
> > I think the problem here is that, symantically, "indent" and "quote"
> > are two wholly different beasts.  "Indent" is simple formatting - I
> > could conceive of several good situations in which one would want to
> > simply indent text.  "Quoting", however, has a very specific
> > connotation - you are sourcing someone else's words and, as such, it
> > should be marked up differently, at least by convention.
>
> This discussion has become pedantic (or maybe it started that way).
>
> If you have a true concern over which tags are used, you should not use
> the WYSIWYG editor.  You should use the textarea and write out your own
> tags as you desire.
>
> The WYSI editor is great for the majority of ordinary users who, in my
> completely unresearched opinion, don't give a damn what we geeks mean
> when we say "semantic markup".
>
> Owen
>
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