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Re:I'm Betting on HTML by jraph on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:18AM (#36967976)
Isn't the main benefit of semantic markup still accessibility?
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Re:I'm Betting on HTML by mmahemoff on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @04:11AM (#36968300)
That’s one of the main benefits, but if the machine can make sense of the content, it can still present it however is clearest for the user.
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Re:I'm Betting on HTML by oneeyedpigeon on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:30AM (#36971413)
But explicit, human-verified metadata is always going to beat inferred, fuzzily-extracted data, surely?
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Re:I'm Betting on HTML by mmahemoff on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @08:56PM (#36979967)
Maybe in some cases, but that requires time and expertise. It may not be worth it in many cases.
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