From: Rik van Riel (riel@nl.linux.org)
Date: Sun Dec 26 1999 - 17:30:28 MST
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Michael M. Butler wrote:
> Please tell me, where do I put HREFs in a style sheet?
Since when are HREFs part of the text layout?
IMHO links are part of the content of the text and
as such belong in the text, which is where they are
now.
> The deficiencies of HTML go much deeper, until and unless the
> embedded link problems (which are acute) are solved.
> Until them, HTML is bad, style sheets or no. But it's what's out
> there. That, and Augment.
HTML is good for a number of things. It is pretty decent
for structuring documents, with stylesheets it can even
be made to look pretty and most importantly, it doesn't
get in the way of the content of the text.
At the moment, I wouldn't know a better format for publishing
text than HTML. PS and PDF are fine for static text without
any references to the outside world, but that's simply not the
kind of material that I'm publishing.
I try to hand the reader information and hints to find
his/her way in a web of information. HTML is excellent
for that.
(of course, I'd like to be notified of anything better
if it exists)
regards,
Rik
-- The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network of people. That is its real strength.
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