[WSG] is rgb(255,255,255) better than #ffffff or white?

I was just reading through the Web authoring standards document at http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/standards.html and I noticed the line Authors MAY use any legal markup to determine document colours, but SHOULD use RGB specifications to do so. Does that mean that hex values or color names are

Re: [WSG] is rgb(255,255,255) better than #ffffff or white?

Alan Trick wrote: I was just reading through the Web authoring standards document at http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/standards.html and I noticed the line Authors MAY use any legal markup to determine document colours, but SHOULD use RGB specifications to do so. Does that mean that hex values

Re: [WSG] is rgb(255,255,255) better than #ffffff or white?

I was just reading through the Web authoring standards document at http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/standards.html and I noticed the line Authors MAY use any legal markup to determine document colours, but SHOULD use RGB specifications to do so. Does that mean that hex values or color names

Re: [WSG] is rgb(255,255,255) better than #ffffff or white?

G'day Alan Trick wrote: I was just reading through the Web authoring standards document at http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/standards.html and I noticed the line Authors MAY use any legal markup to determine document colours, but SHOULD use RGB specifications to do so. Does that mean that hex

Re: [WSG] is rgb(255,255,255) better than #ffffff or white?

Does that mean that hex values or color names are not as good? Why? I think it's the color names that are being shunned here, isn't it? rgb(255,255,255) and #ff and #fff are all RGB colour specs, but white isn't.