- From: Chris Maden <crism@ora.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:08:29 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
> But I think there's a problem with the Any Browser Initiative as > well. Specifically, with the word "Any." What about browsers that > don't support current HTML standards? If I write a browser which > doesn't support <h1>, and I get 3 people to use it, does that mean > that people who support the Any Browser Initiative have to go back > and remove all <h1>'s from their pages? Yes, it's absurd. But if > they don't, then it's not really an Any Browser Initiative, is it? The Any Browser Initiative's goal is to have all Web pages *functional* in all browsers. Otherwise, yes, you'd have to stick with pure vanilla HTML 2.0. Not supporting <h1>s is a somewhat extreme example - but let's say you didn't support <em>. If you follow recommended practice of ignoring unknown and unsupported tags, then Web pages that use <em> will degrade gracefully in your browser. Ignoring paragraph-level tags, like <h*>, is a problem. This is why <center> is such a bad idea. Gracefully degrading Web pages are the object - not minimal HTML. -Chris -- <!NOTATION SGML.Geek PUBLIC "-//Anonymous//NOTATION SGML Geek//EN"> <!ENTITY crism PUBLIC "-//O'Reilly//NONSGML Christopher R. Maden//EN" "<URL>http://www.oreilly.com/ <TEL>+1.617.499.7487 <FAX>+1.617.661.1116 <USMAIL>90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA" NDATA SGML.Geek>
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