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From: Jared Smith
Date: Sep 1, 2009 9:20AM

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Steven
Henderson< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> With your feedback, I am thinking for the purposes of a dozen portfolio
> items, that a list of linked images would work best with a simple span
> instead of a heading. Your thoughts? Do I lose anything in ditching
> headings?

It all depends on whether the images are actually headings or not. It
is relatively rare for a link to be the only thing within a heading.
If it's a link to somewhere else, it's likely not a heading for
content that follows, right?

If you have a dozen portfolio items, unless there is content
underneath each item, it's unlikely that a heading is appropriate. A
<div> would probably be more appropriate than a <span>, because a
<div> is a block-level element that would be used to offset each
portfolio item.

I'd also point out that you used the word "list" in your description.
Perhaps it should be a list?

Jared