I've considered this too and have used HTML for static documents in the past, like invoices, diagrams, test result tables, etc. I like the fact that I can whip up a table in a WYSIWYG HTML editor, send it to someone via e-mail, edit it with a text editor, and then put it on the web if I need to. I think everybody has different needs concerning formatting and XHTML with CSS suit mine just great. You can more or less expect everyone to be able to view HTML in some form or another, but you can't expect that with a Word document, it being a proprietary format. I just found out that M$ Office applications insert the MAC address into documents. I'm surprised more people don't go nuts over this. more info: http://www.searchlores.org/fiatlu/GUIDnumber.html Tim Berners-Lee goes into detail concerning his development of HTML in "The Semantic Web". I recommend it to anyone who wants to get a good introduction to XML and how it can be used. I especially liked his explanation of RDF (Resource Description Framework), which will help to make the web contextual, rather than text keyword based. John Hebert --- John Beamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <em>> I read the most curious review of Composer just a <em>> few weeks ago. I <em>> found it linked off LinuxToday.com, posted at <em>> mozillaquest. I've heard <em>> Mozilla described as an "operating platform" and as <em>> a "work <em>> environment"...well, one of these same Fan-zillas <em>> introduced Composer in <em>> this article as "Composer: The Netscape & Mozilla <em>> Graphical HTML Editor <em>> & Word Processor". "Word Processor". <em>> <em>> That's something I never seriously considered <em>> before, but it makes you <em>> ask the question "why the heck not?" It's a <em>> legitimate question why we <em>> don't even suggest that people compose fontsy <em>> "documents" in a simple <em>> HTML editor like this. Lessee... tables, colors, <em>> fonts, hyperlinks, <em>> images. It's also the default HTML-email editor for <em>> NS/Moz, much like <em>> MS Word can be selected as the default <em>> more-artsy-than-fartsy email <em>> editor for Outlook. That right there shows that <em>> SOMEBODY expected <em>> Composer to be a sort of workhorse document engine. <em>> If it can be made <em>> to save in XML instead of HTML, it'll catch the <em>> latest big wave in <em>> "standards", too. <em>> <em>> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-02-25-015-04-OP-SW <em>> <em>> -j <p>__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: "Re: [brluglist] HTML editor" <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> Gsibbery McGillicuddy: "Re: [brluglist] HTML editor" <li><strong>In reply to:</strong> John Beamon: "Re: [brluglist] HTML editor" <li><strong>Next in thread:</strong> John Beamon: "Re: [brluglist] HTML editor" <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade>
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