strike tag
This is SUCH a geeky post. I’m excited about HTML tags. LOL, if this is totally uninteresting to you, just ignore ;)
So my to do lists have been helping me. And when I complete a task, I use a <strike> tag to check it off. But when I was reading Jennifer’s thoughts on the Sidebar: "To Do" List at Etc., she used the <s> tag to do the same thing. I hadn’t ever seen that tag before!
So I did a bit of searching and found w3schools.org’s information on it, which suggested using <del> instead. This tag has some neato attributes - you can use cite to give a URL that would explain why the text is being striked off, or datetime to show when it ws deleted. It has a counterpart tag, <ins>, which allows you to show the opposite (displaying the text as underlined).
That’s just neato. Makes me want to put together a separate to-do blog and use MTMacros to easily update with these tags!!! 
Comments
Interesting! I can’t wait to see your creation!
Posted by: Jennifer | November 6, 2002 04:00 PM
Wow... I’ve been relying on the <strike> too... and I use it a lot! (Just read any of my recent journal entries- the archives of which are now nicely calender-ed thanks to your tutorial
Thanks so much for the heads up!!!
Posted by: Elisabeth | November 6, 2002 05:09 PM
I’ve wondered why you hadn’t done this already, maybe turned it into a sidebar yourself. I’ve even wanted to do this, making my blog more of a human control panel or agenda... whatever you want to call it.
Posted by: Carla | November 6, 2002 05:43 PM
i’ve been using a MS Word file that’s saved onto my desktop. i have seperate colors for the different classes that i have to do stuff for, and it’s been working out really well for me. it’s also a plus that i don’t have to rely on my not-so-reliable internet connection in order to check stuff out, and cross stuff off.
Posted by: C. | November 6, 2002 06:21 PM
I know that strike was deprecated in HTML 4.0, but I hadn’t realized what it’s replacement was... you are full of interesting and useful information.
I couldn’t get the to do plugin to work, but then I keep a paper one on my desk, anyway... it’s therapeutic for me to write it out fresh every couple of days.
I’m also a notebook addict. I’ve got one for recipes and one for crafts, and then another one that I keep a to-do list and other notations—websites I want to check out and searches I want to try. I’m a freak, I know.
Posted by: zuly | November 6, 2002 06:50 PM
Off topic but you don’t know a tag that works like the "acronym" tag or the "option" tag in both IE 6.0 for Windows and 5.2 for Mac?
Posted by: Laure | November 6, 2002 07:27 PM
When it comes to HTML or anything else remotely related to web design, we are all geeks at heart (just like you).
Posted by: Kiffin | November 7, 2002 03:00 AM
I use a combination of paper--a little black book that stores a list of things to-do, which is mostly for my RL life, and a txt file on my desktop that has a list of things relating to my computer that I want/need to do. I delete each line as it gets done, which gives me a sense of permanence, of completion.
Posted by: lashlar | November 7, 2002 05:23 AM