- From: Peter Flynn <pflynn@curia.ucc.ie>
- Date: 26 Sep 1996 11:20:44 +0100
- To: msftrncs@htcnet.com
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
> | Looking at their latest authoring tools, it's still <FONT FACE= SIZE= > | STYLE= BLINK= BARF= BARK= ETC=> all the way. I was a little surprised > at MS > | Internet Assistant, as I thought all that stuff would have taken > advantage > | of MSIE's stylesheet feature. Next version, maybe. > > No, all the things you mentioned there are for "backwards" > compatibility ... and you know it... once they put the stuff in 2.0, > they can't just take it out ... and MS's own site designers know that > not everyone uses a CSS1 browser ... this transittion to any kind of > style will take a while ... since you guys didn't want to take the fast > aproach ... you live with the slow one... But that's where you're wrong: none of the <FONT FACE= SIZE= STYLE= BLINK= BARF= BARK= ETC=> crud was in 2.0. These elements are precisely non-HTML inventions by browser writers. Which is exactly why I said that (a) backward compatibility is such a millstone, and (b) the browser authors are starting to implement things in a more structured manner. ///Peter
Received on Thursday, 26 September 1996 06:19:10 UTC