- From: Foteos Macrides <MACRIDES@SCI.WFBR.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:31:53 -0500 (EST)
- To: www-html@w3.org
Joe English <joe@trystero.art.com> wrote > >It seems to me that what you and others on this list >are trying to do is come up with a magic sequence >of characters that will simultaneously: > > 1) Fool "old browsers" into ignoring scripts; > 2) Fool SGML parsers into not complaining about bad markup; > 3) Fool "new browsers" to not choke on the stuff that > was inserted to achieve 1) and 2), while > also managing to recognize the script. > >I think there is a fundamental problem with this approach. I don't undestand this continuing discussion. The "magic" is already there, and encompossed by both Wilber and Cougar: <SCRIPT SRC="data:..."><SCRIPT> How would that bother either an "old, ad hoc" parsing client, or a "modern, real SGML" parsing client? Fote ========================================================================= Foteos Macrides Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research MACRIDES@SCI.WFBR.EDU 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 =========================================================================
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