> > I agree. But then that's not really a fault of the port 80 service; it's > > a limitation of the browser, which feels users will be more than happy to > > get a legible page, and aesthetics be hanged... > > > the html structure is designed with no understanding of typography and > typesetting. > > the browser merely parses, using the fonts and the font rendering engine > in the accompanying OS. remove your 'essential' set of fonts from your > OS and you'll see.
I think I have not been able to explain my idea clearly. Imagine a new Mozilla which takes the HTML text, runs it through HTML2TeX, compiles to DVI/PDF/whatever, and then shows it to you. Imagine for a moment that it does this in real-time for each and every page that you visit. Wouldn't you then get much better typeset pages? I feel that this is a choice of the browser author. These authors have decided that the basic X11 rendering engine is good enough. Not a fault of the HTTP service. Hope I'm being a little more clear? Shuvam _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
