Robert Funnell wrote:
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, John W. Kennedy wrote:
... HTML doesn't even accomodate some of the most basic elements of
formatting, like first line indent!
Yes it does. See, for example,
<URL:http://pws.prserv.net/jwkennedy/Amelia%20%282%29.html>.
In this example, it's not the HTML doing the formatting but the CSS.
That's how it's supposed to work.
Rather than having a separate .css file, the CSS here is included
directly in the .html file, which is legal but which also loses much of
the power of CSS.
Not my normal practice. In this particular case it's a one-off archive
document, with zero expectation of ever repeating the same CSS, which is
designed to emulate (as much as the web allows) the original
18th-century typography.
... there will be no improvements to HTML, because Microsoft doesn't
wish there to be any. That's why progress stopped dead seven years ago.
I'm always delighted to hear Microsoft blamed for things. I hadn't heard
this one before and further evidence would be interesting (albeit
off-topic). There has been recent progress on XML, CSS, RDF, etc. What
progress on HTML is needed or has been blocked?
After seven years, XHTML is still not supported at all. I don't know
exactly why Microsoft decided to kill it, but it has quite effectively
done so. The sheep have given Microsoft a veto, and they're using it.
--
John W. Kennedy
"I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of
ignorant people is too dangerous to live in."
-- Garson Kanin. "Born Yesterday"
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