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Re: Using UL for links

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Mar 19, 2004 2:37AM

On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 03:45:46PM -0500, Terence de Giere wrote:
> I think this discussion of using undordered lists, the HTML UL element,
> to organize links began with the problem of not using printing separator
> characters between links, an accessibility guideline designed mostly for
> legacy assistive technology. This is a Priority 3 World Wide Web
> Consortium guideline:

It's also the forwards-looking design community's trend towards using
semantic/structured markup and CSS. A menu is, after all, a list of links.

Tim
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"Internet Explorer is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're
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