Background Graphics not visible in OmniWeb

[Steven Buechler]

>>>>> "Anirudh" == Anirudh Gupta <guptaa at alleg.EDU> writes:



    Anirudh> Simple answer...Netscape 1.1b now utilizes HTML3.0's
    Anirudh> extended tags, including tables and backgrounds
    Anirudh> etc. OmniWeb does not. Hopefully it will as well
    Anirudh> soon.  Until then use Netscape if you like
    Anirudh> HTML3.0. I know I do.

I think BACKGROUND is a purely Netscape extension to HTML and is
not in the current HTML3.0 spec. Tables are part of HTML3.0,
although Netscape's tables have attributes not found in the 3.0
spec.  There is quite a bit in the (still under development)
HTML3.0 spec not supported by Netscape.
	There are many features to HTML3.0 I look forward to
seeing supported in the standard browsers; e.g., tables, math,
text flow around inline images, style sheets, ...  I would much
rather see Omni and other developers work towards implimenting
these features than react to Netscape's extensions.   
 

Steve



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