- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 17:28:26 -0400
- To: nir.dagan@econ.upf.es
- CC: kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com, charlesn@sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
nir.dagan@econ.upf.es wrote: > > Thus the advantage of setting the type attribute is mainly > in automatically retrieved objects (e.g., OBJECT) to save the > browser time and effort to decide whether it can display the > object or not. > In this regard I wonder why the IMG element has no type attribute. I don't recall why IMG did not get a "type" attribute in HTML 4.0. It might have been an oversight or it might have been that the OBJECT element was given "type" in the hope that it would largely replace IMG. - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
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