RE: Proposal: adding CSS to hypermail

From: Tom von Alten <tom_vonalten_at_boi.hp.com_at_hypermail-project.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:12:10 -0700
Message-ID: <001401bf48d3$61db13f0$c9d1020f_at_alien-nt.boi.hp.com>

In general, I'm in favor of enabling CSS.

Jose wrote:
> What browsers support them? IE, Opera, and NS, alas, not all at the same
> lever, but much of the functionality. The situation is improving
> every day, though. If your browser doesn't understand CSS, it won't
> follow the link and no harm will be done.
>
> What do you think?

I have direct experience with some Netscape versions (perhaps 3.x, but I don't know off the top of my head) failing to load a page (not simply altering a page's rendering) if a referenced CSS link was not found.

> This is a very simple patch to add to hypermail and I'd like it to be in
> 2.0. It won't fragilize the code.
>
> If I don't hear any objection, I'll add it tomorrow.

You seem to be rushing things, Jose.

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