Re: Please Tables in HTML+

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From: Dave_Raggett <dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Message-id: <9311031736.AA14430@manuel.hpl.hp.com>
Subject: Re: Please Tables in HTML+
To: wade@cs.utk.edu
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 17:36:22 GMT
Cc: WWW-TALK@nxoc01.cern.ch
Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.36.1.1]

> I'm all for identifying functional differences in browsers for sanity's
> sake. It would be a big win for everybody.

Yes, I feel this is getting quite urgent.

> Actually tho, I'd prefer somthing a little more discontinuous. Math
> is very important for our browser, tables less so. Math support will
> likely be the first thing I add from html+. (Unless Math wont work
> correctly without the other levels of functionality.)

The math stuff needs superscripts and subscripts but little else.

> Would it be reasonable to describe sets of functionality rather than levels?

What would you suggest?

Perhaps we should start by surveying coverage on current browsers.

Dave Raggett