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Subject:	Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish
Date:	Sat, 18 Dec 1999 03:58:57 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes: > PS: why does HTML just have the IMG tag? Why not have the EMBED tag > let you _embed anything_ arbitrarily? Like, another HTML document? Actually, I believe the IMG tag is obsolescent. IIRC, you are now supposed to use OBJECT for everything. I don't know that it'll let you embed another HTML document, though. You can use inline frames to embed HTML documents, but AFAIK, they're only supported (so far) by IE 4+ and Mozilla ?10? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com -------------------oooo-----(_)-----oooo------------------- WWW: http://www.chuh.org/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/ ----------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

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		Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
(...) It's not. APPLET is depreciated, but IMG is still around. (...) I'll have to look at mozilla and see if it lets me include HTML. That'd make me happy. (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)

		Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
(...) Too many things validate as approximately HTML/4.0 compliant for that to be true. Besides, IMG is way too firmly entrenched. I don't think we'll ever root it out, unless we can provide a superior alternative (human nature being what it is, a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)

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		Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
(...) They seem feasible now from a technical standpoint. (Overlooking the bandwidth issue for the moment.) The problem is the banner-ad revenue model of the current commercial web -- if you can look at PS: why does HTML just have the IMG tag? Why (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)

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