HTML Developments
End user control over layout, better printing, ...
Why: Increased functionality
Barriers: Lack of standards
How: CSS, HTML 4.0 (Cougar)
Familiarisation: IE 4, Netscape 4, HTML 4.0 proposal, CSS 2 proposal
HTML 4.0 and Related Work
- Forms: Improved forms
- Printing: Better control over printing
- Layout: Absolute positioning of HTML elements, layering, etc.
- Scripting: Standard mechanisms for scripting.
- Document Object Model (DOM): APIs (application program interface) for HTML/CSS elements. Provides a programming interface for HTML (hooks for Javascript, etc.)