- From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:14:20 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
- To: Renice Stewart <rstewart@zama.net>
- cc: html-tidy@w3.org, gerald@w3.org
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Renice Stewart wrote: > Dave, This perhaps is not a "bug," but it's 'bugging' me. Why > is it that when I use the "center" attribute in the "img" tag, I > have to change it to "middle"... and when I use this same > attribute in any other tag, I can keep it as "center." > > My dilemma is...shouldn't w3 be consistent...Or is there some > other reason for this incongruity? This is an accident of history -- from the way Mosaic implemented HTML. W3C is transitioning away from presentation attributes and towards the use of style sheets, so this isn't something we can easily fix. Regards, -- Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett tel/fax: +44 122 578 3011 (or 2521) +44 771 213 7629 (mobile) World Wide Web Consortium (on assignment from Phone.com)
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