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Bug 9705 - The use of the colon in the first sentence (‘...within the page: a section with navigation links.’) may be confusing. Suggestion: ‘within the page. It is a section with navigation links.’
Summary: The use of the colon in the first sentence (‘...within the page: a section wi...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-05-11 09:22 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 13:59 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-05-11 09:22:01 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-nav-element

Comment:
The use of the colon in the first sentence (‘...within the page: a section
with navigation links.’) may be confusing. Suggestion: ‘within the page.
It is a section with navigation links.’

Posted from: 94.212.48.32
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-08-24 22:30:21 UTC 
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Status: Did Not Understand Request
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: Confusing how? How could it be interpreted that is wrong? Or what interpretation is obfuscated?