this is my third attempt since mid-afternoon friday -- forgive the quote marks, i don't have the original, it's at Boeing and i'm at home! >> OK, it's good to know I'm not totally crazy. >> >> Reading the latest O'Reilly book on HTML, I discover that "cols" is >> marked with an "N" and an "I" (for Navigator and Internet Explorer). >> >> <quote> >> 11.2.1.9 >> The nonstandard *cols* tells the browser, in advance, how many columns to >> expect in the table. The value of this attribute is an integer value >> defining the number of columns in a table...... >> >> In general, it is good form to include this attribute with your <table> >> tag, if only to help the browser do a faster job of formatting your tables. >> </quote> >> >> Interesting that N3.x ignored it, MSIE 4.0 "got it" and NC 4.5 choked on >> it [and it being a browser-specific tag]. >> >> >> Kathy >> who swears 'cols' was in the proposed html4.0 spec. kathy ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
