- From: Scott E. Preece <preece@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 08:44:47 -0500
- To: craigt@ether.phx.mcd.mot.com
- Cc: ronnie@driver-aces.com, www-html@w3.org
From: Craig Tinsley <craigt@ether.phx.mcd.mot.com> | | Ron Schnell wrote: | > I would like to propose two new attributes for the Anchor element. | > 1. ALT=[URL] | > This attribute would specify an alternate URL should the HREF be | > unavailable. | | Though I believe the idea as a whole is a good one, I don't know whether I | would confuse HTML authors by offering another definition for ALT. It may be | less confusing to use something such as HREFALT (you notice that I state that | as though a typing *longer* tag name is more desireable than typing a shorter | one... ;-) ). --- There's no reason to assume that one alternate will be sufficient; you really should allow for a list of HREFs. Since attribute syntax would make it difficult to convey a list of URLs in the value of the HREF attribute, it might be easiest to put the HREF into a sub-element of A (or any other element where alternatives should be provided: <A> <HREF TIMEOUT=10>http://www.abc.com</HREF> <HREF>http://www.xyz.com</HREF> The best source at this moment </A> With an application convention saying that multiple HREFs are tried in order. scott -- scott preece motorola/mcg urbana design center 1101 e. university, urbana, il 61801 phone: 217-384-8589 fax: 217-384-8550 internet mail: preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com
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