Added “date read” to the Goodreads CSV import.
Added HTML tag s (strikethrough) to the allowed tags in the timeline.
@news FYI the HTML tag s has been deprecated.
However, there doesn't seem to be a semantic alternative, just a CSS replacement, which is also much harder to code in Markdown documents. So, is that the reason to allow this deprecated HTML tag?
@renevanbelzen @manton According to that page <strike> is also deprecated, but <s> is listed as an alternative (along with <del>)?
@renevanbelzen @news @pimoore s is not deprecated, but strike is. When in doubt, check the HTML Standard.
@JohnPhilpin @pimoore Both are fine to use, but semantically they represent different things. s is for representing stuff that is no longer relevant or accurate. del is for representing text that has been deleted.
@sod new news … I am not rigorous in that distinction, and the reader .. that I care more about .. would see no difference I assume? Thanks for the clarification.
@sod So does this mean the “~~” Markdown code in a post will work and translate correctly in the timeline?
@JohnPhilpin Yes, probably, in most cases. 😊 But it's important to understand that del does not guarantee your text to be strikethrough. It represents deleted text, and it's up to browser vendors, web designers and developers how to style that element. For example, deleted text could be shown as red, or light gray, or blurry instead. Or not at all.
s, on the other hand, literally is the strikethrough element. So use that if strikethrough text is what you want.
Trying one's best to use the semantically correct element is good for accessibility as well. Tools, like screen readers and refreshable braille displays, might convey meaning based on the text's underlying semantics.
@pimoore Yes, it should, as long as it renders into a s or del element in the RSS or JSON feed you've set up to go to your timeline.
del does not guarantee your text to be strikethrough.
OH. THANKYOU. Time to go back and do some revisits!
I never rarely use strikethrough - then typically' in a post that I am kind of correcting' as I write, for an emphasis. (Using 's').
@JohnPhilpin @manton Oh, yes, using HTML in replies is quite an adventure. 😊 There's maybe definitly inconsistencies there.
Sometimes it helps to update the reply (it did, for this one).
@sod @JohnPhilpin Yeah, most HTML in replies is not supposed to work. I guess editing is a loophole for now!
@manton is that on purpose?
Is that why the tags sometimes get corrupted after hitting send and before it appears?