Tom Parsons wrote:
>
> John Verne wrote,
> >
> > HTML was designed to be a "text-markup" language, not a "page design"
> > language. The purpose of the tags is not just to make the page look
> > good, but to help express the meaning of the document.
>
> Very important observation. But the problem is that HTML not only does
> not implement page design but also rides rough-shod over any attempt by
> the author to make the page look good--as (for example) anyone who has
> ever wanted to indent paragraphs can tell you. You can do it, but I've
> never seen a way that wasn't a hack. And this is just one of the more
> conspicuous examples.
As Stephan Schulz has already pointed out, <P>...</P> is only
supposed to express the meaning that the ... is a paragraph.
Whether a paragraph is indicated by no indentation and extra
whitespace, no extra whitespace and so many em's of indentation,
or a pause in speaking is entirely irrelevant to the fact that
... is a paragraph.
What you should be doing is complaining that more browsers do
not support style sheets so that you could do something like
P { text-indent: 3em; }
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