<Base> is a good tag, but in my opinion it has worn out
its usefulness.

The only reason one might find it good now is if one has
their site stolen.  Rookies that steal your web site won't
know what <base> is and would therefore end up linking
into your site.

When we started HTML development years ago, oh that was in
1990, there was no such thing as relative links.  So,
Mosaic didn't know where to go if you clicked on a link
that wasn't absolute or the author didn't include the
<base> tag.

These days browsers and assistive technologies understand
relative links.  Therefore, the use of the <base> tag has
pretty much disappeared.

I hope this helps.

Lee Roberts
http://www.roserockdesign.com
http://www.applepiecart.com

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