Re: No generalized empty element in HTML from Paul Prescod on 1997-08-02 (www-html@w3.org from August 1997)

From: Paul Prescod <papresco@technologist.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 10:43:45 -0400
To: "E. Stephen Mack" <estephen@emf.net>
CC: www-html@w3.org
Message-ID: <33E347A0.1F251037@technologist.com>

E. Stephen Mack wrote:
> Perhaps BASEFONT could be revived as a place for the things
> that Lars Eighner mentions, such as style sheet declarations
> and target for links (using <BASEFONT ID="foo1">).

I think it would be bad news to have an element of <BASEFONT> with the
semantics you describe. It sounds confusing to me.

 Paul Prescod

Received on Saturday, 2 August 1997 10:56:12 UTC