Message no. 1

From:	Sean McCrohan <mccrohan@*****.OIT.GATECH.EDU>
Subject:	[OT] HTML (Was: Re: Shadowrun Assassin Promotional Flyer)
Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:30:58 -0400

Quoting Iridios (iridios@*********.COM):
> Gurth wrote:
>
> > Tables within tables should be possible, according to HTML 3.2 (and
> > presumably 4.0) standard. Unfortunately, HTML seems to be like every other
> > "standard" in the computer industry -- namely, everything but.
>
> HTML is standard, it's just that Netscrape and Microsnot keep throwing
> in *new* tags and functions that the other can't use, thus forcing
> webdesigners to pay attention to two different subsets of standards.

Or in other words, a standard exists, it just isn't implemented.
Of course, at that point, it might as well not even exist.

--Sean
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Georgia Institute of Technology | of that he shoots his wit."
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~smccrohan | _As You Like It_, Act 5 Sc 4