- From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 07:29:11 -0400 ()
- To: Teemu Nurminen <tnurmine@rieska.oulu.fi>
- cc: Ian Samson <IDSamson@beauty.hsrc.ac.za>, www-html@w3.org
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Teemu Nurminen wrote: > > Ian Samson wrote: > > If <U> is deprecated, why isn't <TT>, <XMP>, <SAMP>, <MENU>, <DIR> > > <XMP>, <SAMP> etc. mark the logical structure of document, > <U> is just for decorating and higlighting purposes, and > should be located in style sheet, if we're trying to > separate structure/content and layout. XMP is not in HTML 4.0. It seemed an appropriate moment to drive the point home that XMP, LISTING and PLAINTEXT shouldn't be used for new documents. Note that browsers are unlikely to remove support for them any time soon. Regards, -- Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett phone: +44 122 578 2521 (office) +44 385 320 444 (gsm mobile) World Wide Web Consortium (on assignment from HP Labs)
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