Re: A proposal [PopUp Windows for Dictionary purposes] -Reply

I think it's a good idea, but what about Footnotes (<FN>)?
It would really be nice if browsers supported them.  There 
are quite a few instances where I would have used them in 
past documents.

Footnotes from the (expired) March 95 draft:
http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/MarkUp/html3/footnotes.html

>>>> Ed Perrine II <eperrine@nettally.com> 03/14/96 12:54pm >>>
>An excellent suggestion! Such a mechanism would have a number of uses.
>* Glossary type entries
>* pseudo-footnotes
>* Link info detail (i.e., a short comment expanding on the nature of
>  a particular link to aid the reader in determining whether it was
>  'worth the trip'.
>   --- Ed Perrine
>
>>Hi!
>>I'm new to this list!
>>I joined in just because I have a HTML proposal that I think is worth
>>telling other people. I have included it here both as plain text and
>as an
>>attachment (see the end of the text, if you have e.g netscape
>browser)!
>>This document can be found at:
>>        http://www.clinet.fi/~wes/popup.html


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>*   Edward L. Perrine, II   |   Macintosh/Windows Software
>Development,   *
>*   eperrine@nettally.com   |   Systems Analysis & Customer Support   

Received on Thursday, 14 March 1996 16:53:12 UTC