The definition of dialog is very similar to that of conversation, and both definitions are wide enough anyway. I think <conversation> is a good looking tag ;-).<br><br>On the other hand, dialog sounds better than talking, but there is a more important reason for not using <dialog/> (discussed, off course, especially for those having some previous XUL experience).<br>
<br><br>LRR<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Smylers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Smylers@stripey.com">Smylers@stripey.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">James Craig writes:<br>
<br>
> Ian Hickson wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Cool, thanks. I wouldn't mind changing the HTML5 element's name, but<br>
> > we had a discussion at one point where we considered something like<br>
> > two dozen names and frankly <dialog> was the best one of the lot.<br>
><br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> Do you remember the other names?<br>
<br>
</div>* <dialogue> (too confusing to have homophones)<br>
* <conversation> (but it might not be)<br>
* <converse> (imperitive rather than noun)<br>
* <convo> (but might not be a conversation><br>
* <cl> (not intuitive)<br>
* <discussion> (but it might not be)<br>
* <discourse> (too many other meanings)<br>
* <transcript> (but things other than dialogue have transcripts><br>
* <speech> (misinterpretable as _a_ speech, that is a monologue)<br>
* <talk> (misinterpretable a _a_ talk, that is a presentation (slides?))<br>
* <talking> (Ian preferred <dialog>)<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> To avoid bloat and since 'dl' was originally intended for any paired<br>
> list, including dialogs[1], perhaps it should be left as a simple 'dl',<br>
<br>
</div><dl> is now being defined as a list of associations between names and<br>
values. That doesn't quite work in a conversation where people speak on<br>
multiple distinct occasions.<br>
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