Posted by Jose on 11/14/92 11:46

> So you never use a table, right? First IE didn't support them....be real now!

It's not a question of whether I use a whatever as a WEB designer, it's
a question of =how= to design the =standards= for a whatever, as a
STANDARDS designer.

And yes, in the earlier years (not too long ago actually) I had avoided
tables when possible so as to be useful in more browsers. I now use
tables (but don't like them much as a user because cut and paste don't
work well).

Were I to DESIGN the code tag, I would design it such that whatever was
inside the code tag would still be able to be marked up, because
browsers that do not support the code tag would present the content as
is, and I would expect the web designer to have the option of marking it
up appropriately for such a case.

Were I to USE the code tag, I would expect what's inside to be
interpreted as HTML and require escape codes to display characters that
would otherwise be "live".

Jose
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