- From: Heikki Vesalainen <wes@clinet.fi>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 19:06:10 -0800
- To: www-html@w3.org
- Message-Id: <3148DEA2.EED@clinet.fi>
Hi!
I'm new to this list!
I joined in just because I have a HTML proposal that I think is worth
telling other people. I have included it here both as plain text and as an
attachment (see the end of the text, if you have e.g netscape browser)!
This document can be found at:
http://www.clinet.fi/~wes/popup.html
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PopUp windows in HTML
A proposal by: Heikki Vesalainen, wes@clinet.fi
Index
In theory
What?
Why?
How?
In Practise
text.html
dictionary.html#MIDI
Rendering examples (pictures)
Contact Me
In Theory
What?
I'm proposing a new HTML tag for "MS Windows Help" style
small popup windows in HTML.
The popup windows would be activated in the same way as links,
but instead of a new page, only a small popup windows would
appear.
The size of the popup window could be preadjusted by the author
of the HTML document, and readjusted by the viewer.
The popup windows would contain text and graphics in normal
HTML. Links in popup windows would be targetted to a new
browser.
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Why?
Popup windows are neaded by all sorts of guides, manuals and
scientific text, containing words that nead explaining.
Popup windows are usefull for accessing vocabulary or a
dictionary from a document.
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How?
Netscape 2.0 HTML (NHTML) already provides a target
function with the A HREF tag. A new magic target could be set
for the purpose. The size of the popup window would be set with
width and if necessary height.
The new target would be named "_popup".
For example:
<A HREF="dictionary.html#MIDI" target="_popup"
width="25%">MIDI</A>
When MIDI is pressed a popup window with the width of 25% of
the original browsers width would pop up displaying the HTML
starting from dictionary.html's anchor name MIDI (<A
NAME="MIDI">) and ending to the </A> tag.
By using the existing A HREF tag for popup windows,
compatibility with even level 0 browsers could be achieved. The
browsers that wouldn't have popup window support, would load
the dictionary in the same way as any other link.
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In Practise
Example codes and pictures of rendering
text.html
<HTML>
<HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY>
.
.
.
<H3>Music & Computers</H3>
<P>
Making music with computers is fairly easy. All you
really have to do is to start your
<A HREF="dictionary.html#MIDI"
TARGET="_popup" WIDTH=400>MIDI</A>
programme and start playing.
<P>
.
.
.
</BODY>
</HTML>
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dictionary.html
<HTML>
<HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY>
.
.
.
this is not shown in the popup window
<A NAME="MIDI">
<B>MIDI</B> stands for <I>Musical Intrument
Digital Interface</I>.<BR>
- It is a standard for digital music devices, such as
electric pianos, sound modules and sequencer
programmes.
</A>
this is not shown in the popup window
.
.
.
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Rendering
text.html is rendered normally:
[check the pictures from http://www.clinet.fi/~wes/popup.html]
dictionary.html#MIDI is being rendered to a popup window:
[check the pictures from http://www.clinet.fi/~wes/popup.html]
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How to contact me?
By far the best way to contact me is by email: wes@clinet.fi
My snailmail address is:
Heikki Vesalainen
Riihiuunintie 12 c
02620 Espoo
Finland
And my telephone number is:
+358-(9)0-592935
I can be contacted in the evenings (17.00 - 21.00 Finnish time).
You can also visit my homepage at http://www.clinet.fi/~wes
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Heikki Vesalainen
http://www.clinet.fi/~wes/
wes@clinet.fi
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