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I fail to understand why web-page authors would prefer this over MathML, especially given that: 1. MathML is a W3C standard. 2. Preventing page breakage due t
by shrikant 17y ago
I fail to understand why web-page authors would prefer this over MathML, especially given that:
1. MathML is a W3C standard.
2. Preventing page breakage due to NoScript.
p.s: I haven't used either - the few (very rare) occasion I have required to display an equation/complex expression, I construct it externally (MS Office mostly) and paste a screenshot of it :)
- dagw 17y agoWhat is MathML support like in most of the popular browsers currently in use today? Better or worse than the support for jsMath? I'm guessing the answer to that question is an answer to your first question.
- subbu 17y agoPrecisely. We stopped supporting math subject completely in our e-learning product because we couldn't handle MathML. Its too cumbersome, takes way too many resources, and ugly.
- jacobolus 17y agoAuthoring MathML is extremely difficult compared to authoring TeX, because it is one of those godawful bloated XML formats. I know people who can write TeX about as fast as I can write mathematical equations on paper. I don’t know anyone who can write MathML at all.
- dhimes 17y agoThere are wysiwyg tools- like FireMath (for FF), and open-office will convert. But the cross-browser stuff is killer. I'm writing a physics tutorial site and decided I'd only support FF because of the hassle (SVG, too).