- Platform Information
The information for this site concentrates predominantly on browsers made
for the Windows platform (win32 mostly, win16 for some of the early
history.) There are often significant differences in support between the
various platforms, so the support and version information here will not
always be valid for the respective browser version on a different
platform.
- Tag Models (Parent/Content
relationships, etc.)
The element relationship and definition models are mostly based off of
the HTML 4.0 Recommendation "Loose" DTD. HTML 4.0 is the most
cohesive model available to authors as of the time of writing. There are
occasionally a few points of departure that I make to the HTML 4.0 model
and I have tried to point out exactly WHY I chose a different
interpretation when this occurs.
- Slight Regression in HTML/CSS Support
Between IE3 and IE4 Beta1
Most browsers have historically only added support and functionality as
time progresses. But a special case occurred with Microsoft Internet
Explorer. The rendering and parsing engine for IE4 was re-built from
scratch. This has led to a few idiosyncrasies between the betas of IE4 and
the IE3 releases. These have basically cleared up by the final release,
but I try to document these discrepancies where known.
- Significant divergences in HTML Support
Between Mosaic 3 Betas and Mosaic 3 Final
The early Mac Mosaic 3.0 Betas had significantly different support than
what is found in the final releases (eg: frames capability.) I have tried
to keep this clear by noting which elements/attributes were supported in
BOTH M3 Betas and final by listing support as 'M3.0' and
features supported in only the betas by listing support as 'M3.0Bx.'
Hopefully this is not too confusing.
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