- From: Mark P. Line <mark@polymathix.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:00:34 -0500 (CDT)
- To: www-math@w3.org
William F Hammond wrote: > > "Mark P. Line" <mark@polymathix.com> writes in small part: > >> Well, maybe not *just* MathML. I've been in favor of presentational >> markup in HTML since I started using it in 1993, and I've never used >> CSS for real work in my life. And I'm not alone, at least not out >> here in the trenches. So my prediction is that the W3C will >> ultimately recognize their mistake in shifting presentation from >> HTML to CSS, that they will start shifting it back, and that finally >> nobody will need to use CSS for much of anything. > > I was with you on this until around 2003 largely because of diverse > behavior in the distributed base of user agents. But CSS is now used > with the XHTML+MathML content that I generate. You have my condolences. > Nonetheless the web paradigm is that a content provider should > produce pages sensible in user agents (like robots) that ignore CSS. > By that standard classical HTML with CSS is not satisfactory for > handling mathematical content. Indeed. > Today every university student taking courses in mathematics, physics, > engineering, etc. needs a user agent that is MathML capable. (Every > on-campus user lab here is so equipped.) Do your students like MathML? -- Mark Mark P. Line Polymathix San Antonio, TX
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