Comments on: Tommy interviewed by the Web Standards Group http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/04/26/tommy-interviewed-by-the-web-standards-group/ Web development and Internet trends Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:48:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Robert http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/04/26/tommy-interviewed-by-the-web-standards-group/#comment-208 Robert Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:57:01 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/04/26/tommy-interviewed-by-the-web-standards-group/#comment-208 Thank you, Microsoft. Isn't that great and also an attitude that helps the web to evolve... Thank you, Microsoft.
Isn’t that great and also an attitude that helps the web to evolve…

]]> By: Tommy Olsson http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/04/26/tommy-interviewed-by-the-web-standards-group/#comment-207 Tommy Olsson Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:05:58 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/04/26/tommy-interviewed-by-the-web-standards-group/#comment-207 Unless I'm mistaken, Microsoft deliberately refuse to support the ABBR element type. You can't style it and it doesn't show an <code>title</code> attribute set for it. Unless I’m mistaken, Microsoft deliberately refuse to support the ABBR element type. You can’t style it and it doesn’t show an title attribute set for it.

]]> By: Robert http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/04/26/tommy-interviewed-by-the-web-standards-group/#comment-204 Robert Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:44:43 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/04/26/tommy-interviewed-by-the-web-standards-group/#comment-204 Faruk, I haven't got it to work for ABBR elements, neither styling-wise nor the title attribute (in IE, of course). Faruk,

I haven’t got it to work for ABBR elements, neither styling-wise nor the title attribute (in IE, of course).

]]> By: Faruk Ates http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/04/26/tommy-interviewed-by-the-web-standards-group/#comment-202 Faruk Ates Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:35:44 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/04/26/tommy-interviewed-by-the-web-standards-group/#comment-202 I'm pretty sure that you can still style ABBR elements for IE users, it just doesn't have any native styling attached to it. I haven't tried this out though, so I may just be going out on a limb here (incorrectly, at that). :) I use them both, myself. ABBR for something that is only an abbreviation (such as Mass. for Massachusetts), and ACRONYM for every initialism. This is how the online dictionary explains the two terms, and while ABBR can, indeed, also be used for initialisms, I prefer keeping the two separated, if only for my own sake (consistancy). I’m pretty sure that you can still style ABBR elements for IE users, it just doesn’t have any native styling attached to it. I haven’t tried this out though, so I may just be going out on a limb here (incorrectly, at that). :)

I use them both, myself. ABBR for something that is only an abbreviation (such as Mass. for Massachusetts), and ACRONYM for every initialism. This is how the online dictionary explains the two terms, and while ABBR can, indeed, also be used for initialisms, I prefer keeping the two separated, if only for my own sake (consistancy).

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