Re: HTML should not be a file format, but an output format

On Mon, 14 Apr 1997 BruceLeban@akimbo.com wrote:

> 
> >> Sorry, but that's not true. It is an HTML issue. There is no way to embed
> >> a picture directly in an HTML file. 
> >
> >Sorry, but that's not true. There is no way to embed a picture directly
> >in an HTML *document entity*, but a single physical file could have
> >multiple entities within it. For instance using MIME. Check the HTML 3.2
> 
> Fine. I stand corrected. I should have said there's no "recognizable" 
> way, i.e., one that's recognized by browsers. Maybe there are servers out 
> there that will serve a piece of a mime-encoded file and maybe some 
> browsers recognizes data: urls too.

I just tested Netscape 4.0b3 - it handled Larry's data: URL example
perfectly.  So, at least one major browser recognizes data: URLs right
now.  (However, MSIE 4.0b1 gave me a broken image icon when I tried it). 

-- 
Benjamin Franz

Received on Tuesday, 15 April 1997 00:07:07 UTC