[6723] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: Should ![]()
exist at all?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Raggett)
Fri Nov 18 12:11:20 1994
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 17:44:39 +0100
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Reply-To: dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com
From: Dave Raggett <dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <www-talk@www0.cern.ch>
Kee Hinckley writes:
> It strikes me that <img> is a very limiting concept and not in keeping
> with either the generalized attribute mechanisms available in HTML or
> the philosophy of providing multi-platform, multi-capability support.
> In particular, the use of something like:
> <a href="...." inline=true>Alternative HTML</a>
This insight is one of the motivations for the HTML+ FIG element, which
I am including in the initial draft of HTML 3.0. Full details in a few
days time when I have finished typing them up.
FIG provides for captions, text flow, and a neat way of locally handling
image hotzones, using anchor shape attributes in the alt text. My plan
is to evolve FIG into a mechanism for supporting OLE/OpenDoc style object
embedding. We hope to demonstrate this next year with Arena.
Note: isn't this topic something better discussed on www-html?
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Best wishes,
Dave Raggett
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