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HTML 4
Jeff Williamson
Northern Virginia Community College
www.nvcc.edu/home/nvwillj/html4/
The rough version history of HTML goes something like this:
1993 - HTML+
1995 - HTML 2.0 - basic markup
1997 - HTML 3.2 - tables, frames, fonts
1998 - HTML 4.0 - style sheets
There really isn't an exact version, because although the dates above are the official w3c dates, implementation in browsers has occured at different times, to different degrees, for different browsers and platforms. So although HTML 4.0 does not seem to be officially approved, the 4-level browsers support a fair amount of it.
However, neither browser supports all of the HTML 4 specifications, and - wouldn't you know it? - they support HTML 4 differently.
And that's just for folks who have NS 4+ or IE 4+. Pre-4 browsers and non-NS or MS browsers like Opera do nothing with HTML 4.
Altogether HTML 4 is something good to know about, but it's nothing you can depend on. We'll go over some things you can do now with HTML 4 in class. You might also want to have a look at the demos and information below:
The Browser Playground - from Builder.comReturn of the Browser Playground - from Builder.com
Font embedding on the web - from Microsoft Typography
20 Questions about HTML 4.0 - from Builder.com
Getting Started with Cascading Style Sheets - from Builder.com
Be sure to View Source on a couple of the demos. Sheesh!