Am I abusing XHTML's acronym tag if I use it to mark up abbreviations as well as actual acronyms?
Am I a pedantic arse?
I know I'm abusing it when I use it to hide rude messages in peoples' names, but that's another matter entirely...
Posted to The Internet by Simon Brunning at May 14, 2004 02:27 PM"Am I a pedantic arse?" .... could be! :)
Posted by: Tracey on May 14, 2004 02:43 PMIsn't there an abbr tag?
What do I know, I didn't even know about either tag until I started looking at this site.
So there is[1], Darren. I wonder how I managed to miss *that*? I'll use it in future, anyway.
I wonder why there are two tags? After all, acronyms *are* abbreviations, so the 'abbr' tag is all you need...
[1] http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_abbr.asp
Posted by: Simon Brunning on May 14, 2004 02:57 PMCareful though, I read somewhere that IE ignores it, so maybe test it first.
Posted by: Darren on May 14, 2004 03:13 PMSo it does...
Posted by: Simon Brunning on May 14, 2004 03:18 PMThere we are then, continue abusing the acronym tag.
Posted by: Darren on May 14, 2004 03:23 PMI don't know the answer to the first question but I DO know the answer to the second.
Posted by: Steve on May 14, 2004 03:26 PM