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I saw the web in 1991. It didn't look ready to become adopted as a standard. The fancy graphics of NCSA Mosaic helped propel it forward. The img element was

by brlewis 15y ago

I saw the web in 1991. It didn't look ready to become adopted as a standard. The fancy graphics of NCSA Mosaic helped propel it forward. The img element was created without a standards process.

js2 15y ago
"proposed new tag: IMG": http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0182.html http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0182.ht...
- rquantz 15y ago
  Is this meant to be a rebuttal? Or are you supporting the parent? The result of this discussion was no agreement, if I'm not mistaken, leading to mosaic implementing the img tag without a standard.
  - js2 15y ago
    It was neither. It's just a link to the topic at hand. But yes, IMG was implemented w/o a standard.
    - rquantz 15y ago
      And it was quite relevant. Sorry about that -- I'm used to reading everything here as an argument.