Netscape and NBSP

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Matt wrote:
> When trying to add ascii art to an html page
>

And got the following insu^H^H^H^Hanswers:

Jan Roland Eriksson wrote:
> 2) to include "ascii-art" on a web page you would be much
>    better off using a PRE block markup as in...
> 

The quotes implying that ascii art is not "art"?! Please, don't judge
it, just because _you_ don't happen to _like_ it.

Jukka Korpela wrote:
> Ascii art is inherently problematic. The Web Accessibility Initiative
> proposed guidelines (see http://www.w3.org/ for info on WAI) recommend
> against Ascii art.
> 

PLEASE stop picking on a perfectly good art form! Come up with a
constructive way to mark up ascii art in html (one that will not cause
accessibility problems) instead!

PLEASE realise that ascii art can be just as much _content_ on a web
page as any ray-traced, 3D, 200kB, jpeg image.

Try some of the links here:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2695/links.htm

I've always liked this group (ciwah) because it doesn't care about the
*content* of the pages people want help with (unless they claim to teach
html, of course). I am really disappointed to find things like the
comments quoted above here.   :(

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Matt, you may be better off in a more understanding environment. You may
not get the most perfect html advice there, but it won't insult the
*content* of your page. Try alt.ascii-art instead (if you haven't
already).

Some links you may find useful:

http://studserv.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/vk/q/howtohtml/


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On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Veronica Karlsson wrote:

> <flame content="Piss on the html, not on the art!">

Ah, a snow-writing contest!  Coming soon on your winter sports channel:
naked snow wrestling (birch twigs optional).  And a happy midwinter
solstice to all our viewers.

-- 

  Chris "watch out where the huskies go" Gray