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Subject:Re: The Ten Commandments of HTML From:Gail Gurman <gail -at- HOMEMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 13 Jun 1997 13:24:01 -0700
>>>>> "TB" == Tracy Boyington <tboyi -at- okvotech -dot- org> writes:
>> If you were God (or rather, if you were Tim Berners-Lee), what would you set
>> down as "The Ten Commandments of HTML"?
TB> Thou shalt not use frames! And if thou darest to defy me, thou shalt
TB> at least let thy user adjust the frames instead of assuming they use
TB> the same screen side and resolution that thou dost.
I would amend that to say something to the effect that the designer
should feel free to design for a screen size smaller than 640x480, but
not bigger.
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