> > what about scroll-backward behavior?
>
> It's not obvious to me that anything special needs be done in this case.
It's not obvious to me either, but when it comes to tag proposals, it
*is* an obvious question to ask:-)
It's easy to suggest tags that meet specific problems. It's much harder
to design tags with *generic* functionality. That usually means a well
defined *set* of semantics, and the more cases covered the better.
A tag simply to control scroll-forward behavior on visual displays is
misplaced in HTML. The functionality is better placed in stylesheets
which *do* have a direct say in presentation features.
Let's look at this way. If you can describe the functionality with
(a) an adjective: think in terms of an attribute.
(b) a noun: think in terms of a tag.
(c) a verb: think in terms of something else, like stylesheets.
Regards,
Arjun