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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Hartill)
Wed Nov 23 13:07:02 1994
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 18:56:59 +0100
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From: Rob Hartill <hartill@ooo.lanl.gov>
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Eric Bina wrote..
>
> While the need for an <ISINDEX PROMPT="xyz">
> was discussed on www-talk, as far as I know netscape is the only
> browser that implements it. Other browsers will probably just ignore
> the PROMPT="" info and supply their own default prompt.
>
I've seen Mosaic and Lynx ignore the PROMPT, but more worrying is Cello's
refusal to give even a default prompt.
The question is, is a browser broken if it fails to give even a default
prompt when a prefered prompt is specified ?. I think and hope the answer
is yes.
rob
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