Allow <IMG NAME=objname ID=objname

• From: Charles A. Finnell <finnell@comp.uark.edu>
• Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:35:50 -0500 (CDT)
• To: W3C HTML List <www-html@w3.org>
• cc: "Charles A. Finnell" <finnell@comp.uark.edu>
• Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.980804163029.19344A-100000@comp>

Dear Colleagues,

Problem:

W3C HTML 4.0 standard implies <IMG ID= is OK but <IMG NAME=
is not allowed.

Netscape (NS) 3.03 and 4.05 software recognize and use
<IMG NAME= but ignore <IMG ID= . 

Suggestion:

Adjust HTML standard to allow future browser products to
accept <IMG NAME= as a synonym for <IMG ID= and allow both
keywords (as in <IMG NAME= ID= ) if both values are
identical. 

Rationale:

Allow HTML written now to work better with future browser products
and future HTML standards.

Sincerely,
Charles A. Finnell
http://comp.uark.edu/~finnell/

Received on Tuesday, 4 August 1998 17:35:28 UTC