- From: Suzanne Topping <stopping@rochester.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 10:53:34 -0500
- To: "www" <www-international@w3.org>
> Apologies if this is simplistic question, but I am wondering if a > compatibility > list exists somewhere which shows which HTML versions work "properly" > with which browsers and versions? (Properly in this context meaning with > the fewest bugs.) > > Also, (and I'm sure this is another simplistic question) if a site is > developed > using one version of HTML, is it possible to change that version during > localization to ensure wider character support? > > Thanks for your tolerance and replies. > > Suzanne Topping > Localization Unlimited > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Otto Stolz <Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de> > To: Unicode List <unicode@unicode.org> > Cc: Unicode List <unicode@unicode.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 10:01 AM > Subject: Re: Non-breaking hyphens and web browsers > > > > Am 1999-11-06 um 19:41 h hat Ben Yenko-Martinka geschrieben: > > > While the en-dash "–" [...] appears to work fine in Netscape, > > > it allows wrapping in Microsoft Internet Explorer. > > > > This is a character from a proprietary codepage, cf. > > <http://czyborra.com/charsets/codepages.html#CP1252>. > > Most probably, it will be understood only in MS-Windows systems -- > > not in Unix boxes, not on Macs, probably not even on PCs running DOS, > > Linux, or OS/2 (I haven't tried these latter, though). > > > >
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