Re: A suggested tag

On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Carl Morris wrote:
> I am not worried about words, what about long URL's?  Currently, the URL:
> 
> http://199.120.83.179/msftrncs/products/onefossil/onefos-s1-ss2.txt.html
> 
> is awfully long, wouldn't display well in a table, and hyphens can not be
> used...  I would like the ability to help the browser (or see browser
> authors implement some reliable automatic form) of wraping for such
> entries, such as:
> 
> http://199.120.83.179<OBR>/msftrncs/products<OBR>/onefossil/onefos-s1-ss2.tx
> t.html

It already exists:

   <NOBR>http://somewhere.com<WBR>/path/to/doc.html</NOBR>

Been around since Netscape 1.1, I believe.
Knock yourself out... ;)

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Received on Sunday, 13 April 1997 03:56:00 UTC