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Re: lynx-dev Table support?
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Re: lynx-dev Table support? |
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Fri, 7 May 1999 08:10:38 -0600 (MDT) |
In a recent note, David Woolley said:
> Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 08:29:17 +0100 (BST)
>
> > The way HTML is defined is that if a browser doesn't recognize a tag or
> > handle it, it ignores the tag and the contents within the tag.
>
> That's not true. The browser should ignores the tags, but not the
> contents; authors should, as far as possible, consider the tags as adding
> value to the content, rather than being essential.
>
I suppose this depends on what the meaning of "within" is. If "within"
means between the '<' and the '>', the browser should ignore the information
for unrecognized tags; of course it should process in normal fashion
the information between the tag and the matching closing tag.
-- gil
- Re: lynx-dev Table support?, (continued)
Re: lynx-dev Table support?, Klaus Weide, 1999/05/05
Re: lynx-dev Table support?, David Woolley, 1999/05/07
Re: lynx-dev Table support?, Larry W. Virden, 1999/05/06
Re: lynx-dev Table support?, Chris Wilson, 1999/05/07