- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:25:28 +0100
- To: www-html@w3.org
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:51:35AM +0200, Due Per-VCW437 wrote: > A picture file (file.jpg) can be embedded directly in HTML-docs. If the > picture file changes the changes take effect > everywhere it is used. The purpose of HTML is to mark up text. An image is something added to the text to support it and can't sanely be included inline. (i.e. there are fundamental differences). > Why not make it equally simple to embed a text-file without being boxed > and scroll-bars added ? It is (although I don't like the method). As I previously mentioned, its down to browser support for handling object in a sane way given the available of the CSS overflow property, and not an indication that HTML needs presentational attributes added. (and that isn't accounting for templating/include systems which can generate a document based on common context) -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk
Received on Thursday, 29 March 2007 12:25:52 UTC