Re: [whatwg] simple numbers

2008-05-06 Thread Ian Hickson
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Fabien Meghazi wrote: While I think there is certainly something to be said for the proposal, I don't think there is enough evidence that authors really want or need this. I think we should focus on having CSS support this first. Maybe we could think about a

Re: [whatwg] simple numbers

2008-01-13 Thread Keryx Web
Ian Hickson skrev: I considered all the feedback on having a number element (or similar), quoted below. While I think there is certainly something to be said for the proposal, I don't think there is enough evidence that authors really want or need this. I think we should focus on having

Re: [whatwg] simple numbers

2007-12-11 Thread Fabien Meghazi
While I think there is certainly something to be said for the proposal, I don't think there is enough evidence that authors really want or need this. I think we should focus on having CSS support this first. Maybe we could think about a general purpose element which allows formating for

Re: [whatwg] simple numbers

2007-12-11 Thread Fabien Meghazi
On Dec 11, 2007 12:28 PM, Andy Mabbett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tag type=datetime format=/mm/dd HH:MMTue, 11 Dec 2007 10:57:14 GMT/tag Neither of those encodes the date - specifically, the month - in a machine-readable format. We cannot expect all UAs to know every language variant and

Re: [whatwg] simple numbers

2007-12-11 Thread Christoph Päper
2007-12-11 06:20 Ian Hickson: I considered all the feedback on having a number element (or similar), quoted below. While I think there is certainly something to be said for the proposal, I don't think there is enough evidence that authors really want or need this. JFTR:

Re: [whatwg] Simple numbers

2006-06-13 Thread fantasai
Anne van Kesteren wrote: Quoting Michel Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Maybe a number element would be valuable, both inside and outside formulas, to provide format-neutral machine-readable numeric values: n value=123456789.12123 456 789,12/n So the machine can just infer the format inside

Re: [whatwg] Simple numbers

2006-06-08 Thread Andrew Fedoniouk
- Original Message - From: Mihai Sucan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [whatwg] Simple numbers | Le Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:22:11 +0300, Michel Fortin | [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: | | Maybe a number element would be valuable, both inside and outside | formulas, to provide format-neutral

Re: [whatwg] Simple numbers

2006-06-07 Thread Mihai Sucan
Le Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:22:11 +0300, Michel Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: Maybe a number element would be valuable, both inside and outside formulas, to provide format-neutral machine-readable numeric values: n value=123456789.12123 456 789,12/n But it surly seems a little

Re: [whatwg] Simple numbers

2006-06-07 Thread Anne van Kesteren
Quoting Michel Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Maybe a number element would be valuable, both inside and outside formulas, to provide format-neutral machine-readable numeric values: n value=123456789.12123 456 789,12/n So the machine can just infer the format inside from the locale. The only

Re: [whatwg] Simple numbers

2006-06-07 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Michel Fortin wrote: n dec=,123 456 789,12/n ... n base=16329F 2CA0/n What about using it to mark up roman numerals as well? Or, I guess, any other number system in the world? nMMVI/n Of course, people could use the roman numerals in Unicode: U+2160 to U+2183, but most people

Re: [whatwg] Simple numbers

2006-06-06 Thread Michel Fortin
Le 6 juin 2006 à 6:37, Keryx webb a écrit : The first problem is easily remedied. Wrap in a span and apply CSS white-space: nowrap or (not quite as elegant) use non-breaking space. Have you tried using unbreakable spaces instead? 123nbsp;456nbsp;789,12 I'm curious to know if a screen