On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Paul Sundling wrote: > Joe Germuska wrote: > > > At 1:36 PM +1300 2/4/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Quoting Paul Sundling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>> I originally thought it said <html:image> instead of <html:img> . I > >>> noticed that <html:image> does not have height and width. When I look > >>> at my HTML Pocket Reference, I see only align, src and name listed for > >>> <input type="image"..., but from testing I know that height and width > >>> work for that tag in both mozilla and IE. Would it be worth adding > >>> height and width to the <html:image> tag? > >> > >> > >> Just as a matter of note, height and width should work with Netscape > >> 4+ & IE 4+ > >> for <input type="image">. Looks like your pocket reference skimped > >> on the > >> details :) > >> > >> In terms of adding the two attributes to the <html:image> tag, I > >> personally > >> think it would make a useful addition... > > > > > > "height" and "width" are not valid attributes of the "input" tag: see > > http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.4 > > > > Joe > > I can't say I'm surprised to hear that since it wasn't in my little > book. At the same time, if a given attribute is not part of the > official W3C HTML spec, does that mean we shouldn't support the feature > if there is browser support for it? This is more a philosophical issue > on wether you're supporting the HTML standard, or the browser > implementations of the standard. Is there a project stance on that?
Yes, there is. We currently support what's in the HTML 4.01 standard, no more and no less. -- Martin Cooper > > Two main browsers since version 4 is pretty good support. If it's > supported even in Safari and Opera or other, less common browsers, then > I would say that's wide enough browser support to definitely consider. > Of course, that's irrelevant if we're coding to spec and not implementation. > > Paul > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
