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Subject:Re: I'm back... and I've got a question... From:"Paul J. Sisler" <paul -at- SISLER -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 10 Feb 1997 17:41:59 -0600
OK--I'll be contrary just for kicks . . .
Has W3 passed HTML 3.2 as anofficial standard yet anyway?
If you are dealing with a group of end users whom you know will be viewing
your html with particular browsers, and you have special information
delivery needs that require deviating from html 3.2 but which are easily
dealt with through the use of some browser-specific technology (say Active
X), why not take adavantage of those capabilities, however idiosyncratic?
(assumes a controlled intranet, of course)
pjs
At 05:31 PM 2/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Anyone have any thoughts on writing HTML to specific Browsers versus
>writing it to the 3.2 standard? I'm on the side of the standard... but
>I just wanted to get a "reading" on where this group was on this...
>
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