Re: [Sheflug] Hypercard

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> >>>>> "Matt" == Matt Fairtlough <fairtlough [at] blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> 
>     Matt> For example, background fields and buttons, and multiple
>     Matt> layers.
> 
> Background fields and layering are simply not supported in HTML.  You
> might be able to do it with JavaScrap, but I think you'd have to go to
> full-on Java to get those effects.  This means that people who can't
> (lynx and WAP users) or won't (me, interalia) use Java-debilitated
> browsers would be totally locked out of your pages.

*bong!*

Layering is supported in HTML via stylesheets, if you use CSS2 - I was 
looking at this at work today as I may need to use it soon. See the CSS spec 
at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#q30 (part 9.9: Layered 
Presentation). Not quite sure what you mean by "background fields" though :) 
Maybe more forms stuff. HMTL 4 with CSS2 is pretty powerful in what you can 
do with layout.

Still no use for Lynx (and possibly WAP - never looked into WAP stuff) - but 
then, why overlay text with text :) Layers are really only practical for 
putting text on graphics or graphics on graphics...I was looking for a way to 
overlay a table on a picture (a map of a region), and populate the table with 
graphics depending on the state of a system at that location. The only other 
way to do it is have the map as the background image, and overlay the table 
on that - but that's really icky.

Chris...

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