[whatwg] HTML 5: The l (line) element

[Ian Hickson]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Christoph Päper wrote:
> Ian Hickson schrieb:
> > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Christoph Päper wrote:
> > > there are probably worse compatibility issues with older specs and
> > > browsers than extra blank lines.
> > 
> > Hopefully not in HTML5. :-)
> 
> Isn't wrong numbering worse?
> 
>                      HTML4 UA       HTML5 UA
>   <ol reversed>
>     <li>Third        1. Third       3. Third
>     <li>Second       2. Second      2. Second
>     <li>First        3. First       1. First
>   </ol>

I don't think wrong numbering is especially serious, no. In important 
cases, you can always use value="".

The difference is that this is a new attribute. Using <br></br> is 
something we can never do because there are pages that rely on the </br> 
handling.

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