Re: W3C recommends: Avoid ASCII Art

In art<6bhpv4$2js$1...@tron.sci.fi>, Ilmari Karonen <ilt...@sci.fi> writes
>Lennert Stock (lst...@lstock.demon.nl) wrote:
>: Read on http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/WD-WAI-PAGEAUTH-0203.html, the
>: World Wide Web Consortium's new Web Accessibility Initiative Draft
>: Guidelines:
>:
>: >6.[RECOMMENDED] 
>: >Avoid ASCII art. Replace it with an image and alternative text.
>: >Common typographic characters or constructions to be avoided are
>: >emoticons, arrows consisting of dashes and greater than
>: >signs (e.g., -->), etc.
>
>Oh well, it was bound to happen. The philosophies behind ascii art and
>HTML are so nearly opposite. The HTML standard puts emphasis on marking
>the logical content of the document, and letting the browser take care
>of the layout.

Perhaps someone should reply if they are looking for comment?
All they mean is  "Do not mix ascii-art into ordinary HTNL text
(such drawings belong in separate preformatted blocks), because it
may clash with HTML elements:  smileys :-> and arrows --> using
the greaterthan sign are particularly disruptive.  Replace them with
an image and alternative text."


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