- From: <OnSiteCPU@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 17:59:24 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
>...
>> why not just use an INSERT tag to include a style definition....
>>
>> <STYLE>
>> <BODY BACKGROUND=#000000>
>> <STYLE NAME=H2>
>> <FONT SIZE=12 FACE=Times,Serif COLOR=#FFFFFF>
>> </STYLE>
>> <STYLE NAME=H3>
>> <FONT SIZE=10 FACE=Times,Serif COLOR=#FFFFFF>
>> </STYLE>
>> </STYLE>
>
>Let's compare this with CSS:
>
><STYLE>
> BODY { background: black }
> H2 { font-size: 12px; font-family: times serif; color: white }
> H3 { font-size: 10px; font-family: times serif; color: white }
></STYLE>
>
>In my (biased) eyes, the CSS syntax seems more intelligible. How would
>you mark up context-sensitive selectors in your syntax?
>...
One problem with the latter, is that incompatible browsers would display the
text inside the <style></style> container. Whereas, the fully tagged format
would just be ignored by those same browsers.
Tom Scott
OnSiteCPU
Received on Wednesday, 1 May 1996 17:59:26 UTC