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He actually said HTML2, but I think, given that we are at revision 5 going on 6 of HTML with the addition of CSS and Ecmascript, while we have held pretty stead
by SoftwareMaven 14y ago
He actually said HTML2, but I think, given that we are at revision 5 going on 6 of HTML with the addition of CSS and Ecmascript, while we have held pretty steadfast at HTTP 1.1, when talking about the web, HTTP got more right out of the chute than HTML did.
If Kay really was talking about the presentation layer of the web, this seems like a reasonable argument for it.
- untog 14y agoHe was discussing HTTP2, in terms of format negotation, whatever that ended up being: but with the intention that in future, when HTTP2 comes along, the same format negotiation technique would be used to access images. http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0183.html http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0183.ht...