It would be really nice if all the next/prev links at the bottom of SO pages had rel=next / rel=prev on them, for use with browsers like Opera or the Firefox extensions that support this format for nice keyboard shortcuts :)
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5Who uses Opera anyway?– randomCommented Dec 26, 2009 at 11:56
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3Some random guy from Australia.– Ladybug KillerCommented Dec 26, 2009 at 12:55
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2I think the 3 people in the world using Opera can rough it.– Sam BeckerCommented Dec 26, 2009 at 15:49
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2You shouldn't think that way. Maybe this feature is included in other browsers soon.– MidasCommented Dec 28, 2009 at 13:57
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What is the correct syntax here? Where is this documented in the HTML 4.01 spec?
Ah, found it:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#h-12.3
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Chapter 2</TITLE>
<LINK rel="Index" href="../index.html">
<LINK rel="Next" href="Chapter3.html">
<LINK rel="Prev" href="Chapter1.html">
</HEAD>
...the rest of the document...
but wait -- only the oddball <link> tag? Does this syntax work for hyperlinks?
<a href="http://example.com" rel="next">
That's easiest, anything else and this is not worth doing.
edit: the op specifically said
all the next/prev links at the bottom of SO pages had rel=next / rel=prev on them
We already do rel="tag" on links that are tags, so I am going to do the same for the pagination next and previous links.
answered Dec 28, 2009 at 10:38
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1You can find a list of all link types here: w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-links Commented Dec 28, 2009 at 13:21
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FTR it's very much allowed on <a> tags, and many tools support that. I think Opera itself may have a bug in that it only supports <link>, though Commented May 8, 2011 at 17:30