Re: HTML and Screen Specs

Ray Schwartz (rps@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
Sat, 7 Jun 1997 09:11:18 -0400 (EDT)

In July, I'll have more time to do this. Presently, I'm preparing
documentation for the library's annual report. Warren, don't worry--I'll
run it by you too.

Heyward, as to your specific needs: What difficulties (e.g., what kinds
of tags, etc.) have you run across in coding for both lynx, netscape and
IE?

/Ray

On Sat, 7 Jun 1997, Heyward Ehrlich wrote:

> Ray,
>
> I agree this is a wider project and had hoped Ron Hart's
> Web committee would but it seems bogged in Rutgers mud,
> so maybe if we just start to do it... I have immediate
> needs for a course I'm doing this fall and would use any
> unofficial guidelines. (There's a "Rutgers Reading List"
> of books which does not correspond to any actual course --
> it's on the Web )
>
> This then is a request for additional hints and suggestions
> from everyone like those already made !
>
> Heyward
>
> > > Ray, thanks for reminding me of Netscape/IE similarities
> > > and of Lynx. Would it make any sense to draw up a set of standards
> > > among ourselves for primarily text-based pages and circulate them?
> > >
> >
> > It is possible to write up a set of standards (maybe principles) for
> > text-based pages (even with the changing standards). I would be very
> > careful in using tables and frames (these don't always translate well in
> > lynx) and the "alt" option in img tags. This is what first comes to mind.
> >
> > About whether we should write this up? I feel that the need is much
> > greater than the orange group. Perhaps, this kind of document could be
> > posted University wide?
> >
> > /Ray
> >
> >
> >
>
>