[uf-discuss] Include-pattern issues

[Jason Karns]

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> Behalf Of Breton Slivka
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:51 AM
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> Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] Include-pattern issues
> 
> If I remember correctly, these issues can be dealt with by 
> using an <a> element instead of an object element. This is 
> endorsed in the spec for the pattern, I believe.
> 
> On 05/02/2007, at 4:00 PM, Jason Karns wrote:
> 
> > I have two issues with the include-pattern, though they are 
> less with 
> > the pattern itself and more with simply implementing it.
> >
> > 1) When using IE (6 and 7) there are many styling issues 
> involved with 
> > hiding the object element. Simply display:none is not sufficient.
> >
> > 2) Many accessibility 'validators' will flag empty <object> 
> elements 
> > as errors if no fallback text is supplied.
> >
> > Should these issues be listed on the wiki under include-pattern 
> > issues, or on a page as special notes about authoring with the 
> > include-pattern?
> >
> > Jason Karns
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That's correct. I meant for these issues to be more like notices when
deciding between <object> and <a>. When I first started using the include
pattern, only <object> was supported. Luckily, Safari caused enough trouble
that <a> was included as an option. I meant to only add these issues as
further reasons for using <a>.