- From: Foteos Macrides <MACRIDES@SCI.WFBR.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:53:46 -0500 (EST)
- To: connolly@w3.org
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
"Daniel W. Connolly" <connolly@w3.org> wrote: >In message <321E2142@smtpgate.ftt.com>, "Jason O'Brien" writes: >> >>Why NOT have a BGSOUND tag? > >Cuz they should have just used the followig markup for that feature: > <link rel=present href="foo.wav"> Better yet: <link rel=present href="foo.wav" title="brief descriptive string"> That would allow clients which implemented the HTML+/HTML 3.0 banner mechanism to make the resource known and "bookmarkable" under circumstances when a sound player is not availbale to the client (e.g., it might matter to US citizens if it's a background soundtrack from the president on the White House Home Page :). Fote ========================================================================= Foteos Macrides Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research MACRIDES@SCI.WFBR.EDU 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 =========================================================================
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