Re: REQ: Prop.Font art

Meph wrote:
> Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> >Meph wrote:
> >> I'm searching for some (small) ASCII-art's which can be viewed with a
> >> proportional font.
> >> The reason: Most browser allow to display hint's (alt="...") and they use
> >> a proportional font.

Is "Most browser" here just another way to write "Internet Explorer 4+"?

> >
> >I don't think that's such a good idea.
> 
> :( , please stop frustrating me ...
> 
> >1. Different browsers do different things.
> 
> This kind of stuff is my hobby and therefore I don't care much about
> compatibility. There are hole areas of my page which work only with
> a specified browsers.

Of course you can do that. Nobody's stopping you from doing silly
things. I'm just pointing out that they are silly, and why.

> >2. You don't know what proportional font a specific user might
> >   get (and ascii art made for one particular proportional font
> >   may not look right in another proportional font). In Lynx
> >   you would most likely get a monospaced font.
> 
> "All" IE (3-5) and NN (2-4) versions use the same prop. font for alt-hints
> and the user has no option to change the font. A JS can identify the browser/os
> and add the correct text (or none, because of the NN problem ;).

"All versions"? On a Mac too? And in Netscape, Lynx and Opera? (not to
mention the mythical Browser X?) Why turn a lot of people away when
there are good ways to show ascii art on the web that work for
"everybody"? You're not going to do the rest of "the ascii art world"
any favour by making stuff that breaks for a lot of people.

> >3. That is not what "alt" is supposed to be used for.
> 
> Not !? I thought the WC3 has implemented it to display ASCII-art ? Nevertheless
> I will abuse it for it. Please don't tell the FBI. ;)

No, of course I won't, and I won't tell them that you pick your nose
either. It's not illegal to do silly things.

> PS : Why don't you answer to my mail ?
> 

Because you haven't sent me any mail.

> PSS: This kind of Xposting is nonsense.
> 

The group comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html is a place where you can
learn a lot of interesting things about html. Or are you afraid that
somebody might have some even better arguments for why your latest Great
Idea isn't so great after all?


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