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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: DocBook XML/XSL - shaded?
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:04:54AM -0400, Dan York wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:20:38PM -0400, Jon Willeke wrote: > > If you're only concerned about HTML, use a CSS stylesheet. My preference > > is to shade screens, but not programlistings, so I use the following: > > The issue for the LDP is that people very often download an HTML page > (typically a version of a HOWTO document) and save it for later viewing. > We know that from user comments. While I, too, would prefer a CSS > solution, it would then require the user to download *both* the HTML > file and the CSS file.... which some more novice users may not figure out. > So the HTML file needs to be as self-contained as possible. > I think this is a fairly small thing. The HTML file that people get will probably be *readable*, and I think that's the important thing. The formatting is generally a small perk. Actually, I doubt that anyone would want to download many HTML files (as is usually the case when one does chunking) for reading offline. Which is why I attempt to get a PDF if I want to read something offline, far better, because it also allows me to print it. > Of course, I suppose another approach would be to put the CSS inside of > the HTML file... > > In any event, that is why I implemented the shading in the stylesheets > instead of CSS. There is no dependence on another file (and for that > matter, there is no dependence on the browser supporting CSS). > I think we ought to encourage use of CSS though. A lot of Linux people still use Netscape 4.x which doesn't really support CSS (it seems to pretend to, though!), and I think that we ought to give them some form of incentive to shift to more modern browsers that support these newer web standards, such as Mozilla. -- Rafael R. Sevilla <sevillar@team.ph.inter.net> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, InterdotNet Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.engr.internet.org.ph/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8
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