- From: Ben Combee <combee@sso-austin.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 97 15:54:03 CDT
- To: www-style@w3.org
Todd Fahrner writes: > At 12:22 -0700 6.9.97, Chris Wilson (PSD) wrote: > > You're right, Arnoud, that was primarily a UI issue - which is certainly > > not my area of expertise. However, I do support this choice *at the > > moment*, because user stylesheets are NOT required - in fact, it's quite > > likely that the vast majority of users would find it annoying to use, > > since those authors who use HTML constructs for presentational purposes > > (I am NOT condoning this) would have their presentations messed up. > > Right. Hence the need for a quick toggle mechanism to make personal > stylesheets meaningful. The only thing more annoying than watching > pages disintegrate when viewed with personal stylesheets will be > having to click half-a-dozen times to disable the sheet or select > another.... If I remember correctly, IE 3.0 was implemented as a control that someone else could easily wrap a new UI around. If IE 4 has a similar architecture, would it be possible for MS (or perhaps a third party) to produce a experimental UI that had more stylesheet setting flexibility. That is something to ponder, at least. -- Ben Combee, Software Guru, (in 'ARMs way, perhaps???) Motorola > MIMS > MSPG > AMG > AMCD > Austin Design Center E-mail: ra3781@email.mot.com Phone: (512) 891-7141 --- "Remember, high-tech means breaks down next week, while cutting edge means breaks down this afternoon." --Bruce Sterling
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