deprecated elements in HTML 4.0

[Thomas Dowling]

 Sheryl, thanks for this URL--it's something I've been looking for
without success.

I have started including stylesheets on our site
shortly after MSIE 3.0 came out, although we get comparatively few
hits from MSIE and I was about the only person who could see them
in action.  :-)

Stylesheets *should* be completely transparent to browsers that don't
support them, so I don't see much of a downside to using them.  They
aren't impervious to abuse, and browsers that support them can all
disable them, so don't make too many assumptions about how your pages
will look.  Take Netscape 4 to
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/css/gallery/slide5.htm and view
it with CSS turned on and turned off, to see an extreme example.

Both Microsoft and Netscape have made progress on CSS support, but
they both have a long way to go.  I find it particularly grating that
Netscape's implementation requires me to enable Javascript.

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Sheryl Dwinell <dwinells at vmsb.csd.mu.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
Date: Friday, August 01, 1997 11:13 AM
Subject: deprecated elements in HTML 4.0



>Looking through the specs for HTML 4.0, I notice that <font> is deprecated
>in favor of style sheets.  In fact, there are a number of presentation type
>tags that are being deprecated in favor of style sheets.  I know that
>deprecated doesn't mean that these elements are obsolete or forbidden, but
>we're highly discouraged from using them.  I've been considering whether to
>implement style sheets for our library pages, taking into considering that
>not everyone has a browser that supports all the style sheet elements. In
>fact,  Netscape 3.0+ and IE 3.0+ seem to support varying elements of style
>sheets.  There's an interesting comparison chart of style sheet features
>supported by Netscape and IE at:
>http://www.mcp.com/hayden/internet/style/table.html.  Anyway, I'm wondering
>if those of you out there have implemented style sheets in your library web
>pages, or have any opinions on doing so, or not doing so for the forseeable
>future.
>
>Thanks all,
>
>
>
>Sheryl Dwinell * Cataloger/DBM Librarian/Webmaster
>Memorial Library * Marquette University
>P.O. Box 3141 * Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141
>414-288-3406 * dwinells at vms.csd.mu.edu
>
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