Re: Java Applet element proposal

Daniel W. Connolly (connolly@beach.w3.org)
Wed, 7 Jun 95 11:24:32 EDT

In message <9506071454.AA18762@dssv01.crd.ge.com>, kennykb@dssv01.crd.ge.com wr
ites:
>Am I totally off the mark here?

No, you're right on.

>>Wait a minute here. I'm not following, at all, why there's any need to
>change HTML for applets. Even an unmodified HTML 2.0 can do them.
>(It can, of course be done MUCH better with <FIG> in HTML 3.)

The only outstanding question is how to pass parameters to the
script. As somebody pointed out, the #fragment identifier, or client
side specializer will work just fine. The syntax could get hairy, so
some <param> extension to <fig> might be a more scalable solution, but
it'll work.

Dan