[thelist] semantic markup

[Sarah Sweeney]

Diane Soini wrote:
> The thing that really bugs me with <li> tags is that for browsers such 
> as Lynx that do not use the CSS, you get a vertical list of links rather 
> than the horizontal bar of buttons you really intend--and what is 
> actually more convenient for the user in my opinion. It's a horizontal 
> navigation _bar_, not a vertical bullet list!

When you call your navigation a "horizontal navigation bar", you are not 
referring to the semantics of it, you are referring to the presentation. 
Semantically, it is a _list_ of navigation links for your site.

Sarah

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