[uf-discuss] Regarding POSH and misuse of the microformats logo
Charles Iliya Krempeaux
supercanadian at gmail.com
Sun May 6 23:26:11 PDT 2007
Hello,
On 5/6/07, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <supercanadian at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If you really have to make up a new name... then how about... SHTML.
> (Short for "Semantic HTML".)
>
> (It's similar in vein to XHTML.)
Sorry... I meant DHTML here.
See ya
>
> SHTML is... Simple, to the point, and sexy :-)
>
>
> See ya
>
> On 5/6/07, Patrick H. Lauke <redux at splintered.co.uk> wrote:
> > Frances Berriman wrote:
> >
> > > This is kind of why I have a problem with the "POSH" thing.
> > >
> > > Yeah, it's meant to be a bit of a joke (and plenty of people are
> > > laughing) - but for those people that would actually benefit from
> > > improving their knowledge of HTML and semantics - seeing another
> > > acronym with unknown origins thrown around isn't necessarily going to
> > > make them learn any more!
> >
> > Also, from a marketing perspective, I'd posit that "plain" and "old" are
> > probably not the best terms to sex up and sell the idea.
> >
> > P
> > --
> > Patrick H. Lauke
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> Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
>
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Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
charles @ reptile.ca
supercanadian @ gmail.com
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