Re: new anchor type?

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In article <m0uYuA4-0002GFC@bcs>,
Melt van Schoor <Hermanus@iafrica.com> wrote:
> This is probably not new, but has anyone ever thought about glossarry-style
> hyperlinks, where a certain term might be explained in, say a pop-up box?

Yes. And it has already been suggested in the now-expired HTML 3.0
draft. It was called the "footnote" tag, <FN>, which was supposed to
be rendered as a pop-up box when the link was selected:

 PGP uses the <A HREF="#idea">IDEA block cypher</A> for conventional
 encryption.

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 <FN ID="idea">IDEA is a block cypher with a 128 bits key. The same key
 is used to encrypt and decrypt the data. No attacks other than brute
 force exist against it.</FN>

>    He eats a <A EXPLAIN="A exaprotaplutic hydafolliciplic castiento">quig</A>.

It does not allow you to include markup in the explanation. This would
make it as much a pain as <IMG ALT>.

Galactus

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Received on Wednesday, 26 June 1996 15:47:57 UTC