Re: ICADD elements in HTML

"Daniel W. Connolly" <connolly@hal.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 94 16:00:18 EDT
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From: "Daniel W. Connolly" <connolly@hal.com>
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Subject: Re: ICADD elements in HTML 
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In message <199409081944.MAA05255@rock>, Terry Allen writes:
>There seems to be consensus that adding the elements is the way
>to go;

I disagree. So much for consensus!

> so I say we might as well put them into 2.0 as wait for     
>2.1.

I STRONGLY disagree. Show me three major browsers that support ICADD
documents, and I'll support a change to HTML 2.0.

>  The documentation should make clear what their intended 
>use is, and warn ordinary HTML users that their rendering may
>differ considerably from one WWW browser to another.

This would be a great disservice to the community.

Dan