Re: REL and REV attributes (Was: More comments on HTML 3.0
Ian Graham (igraham@utirc.utoronto.ca)
Thu, 27 Apr 95 14:03:02 EDT
> > Ok, so let me get back to my suggestion earlier this week that we need a
> > way to represent a "backup" command in HTML. The current state of affairs
> > is that many authors put "go back to ..." links in. But, the intent is
> > often to go back to where you just came from. This interfers with the
> > browser's history mechanism, which is another "backup" command.
>
> What with web-walkers and full-text search indices of the net these
> days, I'd rather have 'backup' mean 'go back to the place that you
> would have come from if you'd followed a normal route to this, rather
> than some index or hotlist entry'. From that point of view, a URL that
> merely invoked the browser's "back" button wouldn't be useful.
>
Why not just move a brower's page `back' and `forward' buttons into a
document control button bar? Then, any buttons implied by LINK elements
could be added next to them. e.g:
______ ______ _________ _____ _______ __________ ______ ____________
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Where the right hand buttons come from LINK elements.
Ian
Ian