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Re: HTML (was: Re: [seul-edu] Intro)



True.

I didn't understand that that was in fact what you were alluding to. 

z

Doug Loss wrote:

> 
> I meant that HTML is a text markup language, not a page layout
> language.  It's intended to semantically markup your text and links,
> which your browser then interprets as you prefer.  That means that
> properly written HTML (by the original intent of HTML) can't possibly
> be "what you see is what you get," because what each user sees is
> completely under his or her control.  The folks who try to force HTML
> into some sort of page layout language frustrate themselves, irritate
> anyone not using the one or two browsers they "design" for, and
> fundamentally miss the point of HTML: to present your information in a
> clear and pleasant form to anyone who can get it.  I'm happy to say
> that the SEUL pages work very nicely on any browser, including
> text-based and audio.
> 
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