8.8 Appropriate List Usage

In general, use unordered lists for:

• Hotlists and other link collections

• Short, nonsequenced groups of text

• Emphasizing the high points of a presentation

In general, use ordered lists for:

• Tables of content

• Instruction sequences

• Sets of sequential sections of text

• Assigning numbers to short phrases that can be referenced elsewhere

In general, use definition lists for:

• Glossaries

• Custom bullets (make the item after the <dt> tag an icon-sized bullet image)

• Any list of name/value pairs