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Re: Debian WWW CVS commit by nori: webwml/finnish/CD/http-ftp index.wml



Jens Seidel wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 06:24:17PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > Jens Seidel wrote:
> > > I agree that using typographic mdash instead of - is preferred. (The
> > > last argument against it was from Joey (probably in DWN) many years ago.
> > > He argued that not all browser/fonts support it. This is no longer a
> > > valid argument and we should report bugs against the fonts if we notice
> > > it.)
> > 
> > Guess that's really long ago...  Browsers should be able to convert
> > it nowadays.
> 
> Now I remember a little bit better. I think you told me it is not a good
> idea to use mdash in titles only.

Aha!

> I'm not sure but I think every HTML contruct is allowed for titles as
> well (excepts of course <p>, ...)!?

It may be technically allowed but I remember having seen several
browsers not being able to render the title properly when there
are tags included.  It's a while ago as well, so it may be fixed
already and not an issue today anymore.

Regards,

	Joey

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