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From all the messages about "font size" vs "h's", it's my
understanding that the old html don't work anymore.

Is this true just for some people in this newsgroup or is it
universal?

Phil

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Phillip Mann wrote:

> From all the messages about "font size" vs "h's", it's my
> understanding that the old html don't work anymore.

It will still "work", for some value of "work." Would you not care to
take advantage of, for example, search engine rating headings higher
than regular text?

<p><font size=+2>How about ease of maintenance?</font></p>
<h1>How about ease of maintenance?</h1>

> Is this true just for some people in this newsgroup or is it
> universal?

Well, the more people that tune in here and find out they are still
writing 1996 markup, and update their style, the better the web will be
in the future.

Would you rather drive a 1996 car, or a 2007 car?

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On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:57:14 GMT, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<> wrote:

>Would you rather drive a 1996 car, or a 2007 car?

Man, I'm REALLY in trouble. I drive a 1995 Toyota pickup.<G>

Phil

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In article <>,
Phillip Mann <> wrote:

> On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:57:14 GMT, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
> <> wrote:
>
> >Would you rather drive a 1996 car, or a 2007 car?
>
> Man, I'm REALLY in trouble. I drive a 1995 Toyota pickup.<G>

That is not an answer. Here is something closer:

"Yes, I prefer driving my old 1971 Ford than a 2007 car".

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Phillip Mann wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:57:14 GMT, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
><> wrote:
>
>>Would you rather drive a 1996 car, or a 2007 car?
>
> Man, I'm REALLY in trouble. I drive a 1995 Toyota pickup.<G>

Less than two years ago I retired my 1976 Triumph.


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Phillip Mann wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>Would you rather drive a 1996 car, or a 2007 car?
>
> Man, I'm REALLY in trouble. I drive a 1995 Toyota pickup.<G>

That's newer than my pickup by a year. But I write 2007 code.

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-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <> wrote in message
news:KrmEi.506138$...
> Phillip Mann wrote:
>
>> From all the messages about "font size" vs "h's", it's my
>> understanding that the old html don't work anymore.
>
> It will still "work", for some value of "work." Would you not care to
> take advantage of, for example, search engine rating headings higher
> than regular text?
>
> <p><font size=+2>How about ease of maintenance?</font></p>
> <h1>How about ease of maintenance?</h1>
>
>> Is this true just for some people in this newsgroup or is it
>> universal?
>
> Well, the more people that tune in here and find out they are still
> writing 1996 markup, and update their style, the better the web will be
> in the future.
>
> Would you rather drive a 1996 car, or a 2007 car?
>
> --
> -bts
> -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck



....the 1996 car was easier and cheaper to maintain and repair than the 2007
model.

Scripsit Phillip Mann:

> From all the messages about "font size" vs "h's", it's my
> understanding that the old html don't work anymore.

Oh, _you_ are the person (or entity) who sent my cryptic email with the
heading "html".

If you are not a troll, please find a decent book on web design and read it,
before a) posting to HTML related groups and b) trying to do any work on web
pages. And before posting anything to Usenet, find some of the nice "how do
I post to Usenet" pages and read it.

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Thank you for the bogosity alert.

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On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:44:30 -0500, Phillip Mann
<> wrote:

>From all the messages about "font size" vs "h's", it's my
>understanding that the old html don't work anymore.
>
>Is this true just for some people in this newsgroup or is it
>universal?
>
>Phil
>

The good old <font> tag is deprecated which means something else is
preferred. However, browsers dare not ignore it - far too deeply
embedded in too many files. The use of css code is recommended but
that always takes up more space for no technical advantage.

Compared to the H's, the font tag does not add vertical spaces.
As others have said, though, the H's get higher recognition by search
engines.

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JohnW-Mpls

In alt.html on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:41:59 -0500, JohnW-Mpls
<> wrote:

> The good old <font> tag is deprecated which means something else is
> preferred. However, browsers dare not ignore it - far too deeply
> embedded in too many files. The use of css code is recommended but
> that always takes up more space for no technical advantage.

How does a single CSS rule, in a file referenced from a single line in
each HTML page, take up more space than dozens or millions of
identical <font> tags?

I suppose you could convert every <p><font> to <p style="font"> to get
the results you describe, but I don't think many people do that.

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