Comments on: Forgotten HTML elements?

By: Emil Stenström

Emil Stenström — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:46:15 +0000

@zcorpan: I don’t need to stinkin’ mail list :) I’ll talk to you directly instead :)

@Anne van Kesteren: Good to hear, I have some thoughts on using classes for added semantics, but that’s a different post. Thanks for your clarification.

By: Anne van Kesteren

Anne van Kesteren — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:13:15 +0000

The HTML5 proposal also includes (among others) the predefined classes “note”, “warning”, “error” and “search” which seem applicable here.

By: Harmen Janssen

Harmen Janssen — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:53:58 +0000

sounds awesome!
I too have all these little notes in all my sites and apps, that all go in a or element with an associated class, but would be far more appropriate.

By: zcorpan

zcorpan — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:01:23 +0000

For what it’s worth, HTML 3.0 was actually never “released” (nor actually implemented), however you missed a spec: HTML+ (also never released nor implemented).

HTML5 now has

, although it’s not quite like in HTML+ or HTML 3.0.

Notes and annotations have been discussed on the list and is being considered I believe.

If you (or someone else) think something is missing in HTML5 then let’s hear it. :-)