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— Appendix C —
Cross-Browser Comparison of HTML

Table C.1 lists all the HTML 3.2 elements and attributes and indicates which browsers support them.

Element


Attribute


Internet Explore


Netscape Navigator


NCSA Mosaic


<!— ...>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><!DOCTYPE ...>


3

3

3

<A ...>


3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...HREF

3

3

3


Mailto : ...TITLE



3


...NAME

3

3

3


...TITLE

3

3

3


...REL

3

3

3


...REV

3

3

3


...URN

3

3

3


...METHODS

3

3

3


...TARGET


3


<ADDRESS>


3

3

3

<APPLET ...>



3



...CODEBASE


3



...CODE


3



...ALT


3



...NAME


3



...WIDTH/HEIGHT


3



...ALIGN


3



...VSPACE/HSPACE


3



...PARAM NAME/VALUE


3


<B>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><BASE ...>


3

3

3


...HREF

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...TARGET


3


<BASEFONT ...>


3

3


<TB Screen>

...SIZE

3

3



(only visible






when FONT





SIZE=used too)




...FACE

3



<TB Screen><BGSOUND ...>


3


3





(will spawn player





for .mid files)


...LOOP

3


3

<TB Screen>

...DELAY



3

<BIG>


3

3


<TB Screen><BLINK>


3


<BLOCKQUOTE>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><BODY ...>


3

3

3


...BACKGROUND

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...TEXT

3

3

3





(using color





names is reliable)


...LINK

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...VLINK

3

3

3


...ALINK


3


<TB Screen>

...BGCOLOR

3

3

3


...BGPROPERTIES

3



<TB Screen>

...LEFTMARGIN

3




...TOPMARGIN

3



<TB Screen><BR>


3

3

3


...CLEAR

3

3


<TB Screen><CAPTION>


3

3

3


...ALIGN

3

3

3



(top, bottom,

(top, bottom)

(top, bottom)



left, right,





center)




...VALIGN

3




(top, bottom)




<TB Screen><CENTER>


3

3

3

<CITE>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><CODE>


3

3

3

<COL>


3



<TB Screen>

...SPAN

3




...ALIGN

3



<TB Screen><COLGROUP>


3




...SPAN

3



<TB Screen>

...ALIGN

3




...VALIGN

3



<TB Screen><COMMENT>


3


3

<DFN>


3



<TB Screen><DIR>


3

3

3



(no bullet)



<DIV>



3


<TB Screen>

...ALIGN


3




(left, right,






center)


<DL>


3

3

3

<TB Screen> <DT>


3

3

3

<DD>


3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...COMPACT


3


<DT>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><EM>


3

3

3

<EMBED ...>



3


<TB Screen><FONT ...>


3

3



...SIZE

3

3


<TB Screen>

...COLOR

3

3



...FACE

3



<FORM>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><FRAME ...>



3



...SRC


3


<TB Screen>

...NAME


3



...MARGINWIDTH


3


<TB Screen>

...MARGINHEIGHT


3



...SCROLLING


3


<TB Screen>

...NORESIZE


3



...FRAMEBORDER

3



<TB Screen>

...FRAMESPACING

3



<FRAMESET ...>


3

3


<TB Screen>

...ROWS

3

3



...COLS

3

3


<TB Screen><H ALIGN= ...>


3

3

3



(center only)

(right, left,

(right, left,




center)

center)

<H1>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><H2>


3

3

3

<H3>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><H4>


3

3

3

<H5>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><H6>


3

3

3

<HEAD>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><HR ...>


3

3

3


...SIZE

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...WIDTH

3

3

3


...ALIGN

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...NOSHADE

3

3

3

...COLOR

3



<TB Screen><HTML>


3

3

3

<I>


3

3

3

<IMG ...>


3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...ALIGN

3

3

3





(top, middle,





bottom only)


...ALT

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...ISMAP

3

3

3

...SRC

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...WIDTH

3

3

3


...HEIGHT

3

3

3





(image can't





be distorted)

<TB Screen>

...BORDER

3

3



(only when






image is a link)




...VSPACE

3

3


<TB Screen>

...HSPACE

3

3



...LOWSRC


3


<TB Screen>

...USEMAP

3

3

3


...VRML

3



<TB Screen><INPUT ...>


3

3

3


...ALIGN

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...CHECKED

3

3

3


...MAXLENGTH

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...NAME

3

3

3


...SIZE

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...SRC

3

3

3


...TYPE

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...VALUE

3

3

3

<ISINDEX ...>


3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...PROMPT

3

3


<KBD>


3

3

3

<LI>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><LINK ...>


3

3

3

<LISTING>


3

3

3



(will

(renders 132




translate

characters




special

to the line




characters)

and translates





special





characters)


<TB Screen><MAP ...>


3

3

3


...SHAPE

3

3

3


...COORDS

3

3

3


...AREA

3

3

3

<TB Screen><MARQUEE ...>


3




...ALIGN

3



<TB Screen>

...BEHAVIOR

3




...BGCOLOR

3



<TB Screen>

...DIRECTION

3




...HEIGHT

3



<TB Screen>

...WIDTH

3




...HSPACE

3



<TB Screen>

...LOOP

3




...SCROLLAMOUNT

3



<TB Screen>

...SCROLLDELAY

3




...VSPACE

3



<TB Screen><MENU>


3

3

3



(no bullet)



<META ...>


3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...HTTP-EQUIV

3

3

3


...NAME

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...CONTENT

3

3

3

<NEXTID ...>


3

3

3

<NOBR>


3

3


<TB Screen><NOFRAMES>


3

3


<OBJECT>


3



<TB Screen> <PARAM>


3



<OL ...>


3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...TYPE

3

3



...START

3

3


<TB Screen>

...VALUE

3

3


<OPTION>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><P>


3

3

3


...ALIGN

3

3

3



(center only)

(left, right,

(left, right,




center)

center)

<TB Screen><PLAINTEXT>


3

3

3



(allows closing


(allows closing



element)


element)

<PRE>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><S>


3


3

<SAMP>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><SCRIPT ...>


3

3



...LANGUAGE

3

3


<TB Screen>

...SRC

3

3


<SELECT>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><SMALL>


3

3


<SOUND ...>




3





(.wav only)

<TB Screen>

...SRC



3


...DELAY



3

<TB Screen><STRIKE>


3

3

3

<STRONG>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><SUB>


3

3

3

<SUP>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><TABLE ...>


3

3

3


...BORDER

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...CELLSPACING

3

3

3


...CELLPADDING

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...WIDTH

3

3

3


...HEIGHT

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...ALIGN

3

3



...VALIGN

3



<TB Screen>

...BGCOLOR

3




...BORDERCOLOR

3



<TB Screen>

...BORDERCOLORLIGHT

3




...BORDERCOLORDARK

3



<TB Screen>

...BACKGROUND

3




...FRAME

3



<TB Screen>

...RULES

3



<TBODY>


3



<TB Screen><TD ...>


3

3

3


...ROWSPAN

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...COLSPAN

3

3

3


...ALIGN

3

3


<TB Screen>

...VALIGN

3

3

3


...WIDTH

3

3


<TB Screen>

...HEIGHT

3




...NOWRAP

3

3


<TB Screen>

...BGCOLOR

3




...BORDERCOLOR

3



<TB Screen>

...BORDERCOLORLIGHT

3




...BORDERCOLORDARK

3



<TB Screen>

...BACKGROUND

3



<TEXTAREA ...>

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...NAME

3

3

3


...ROWS

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...COLS

3

3

3


...WRAP


3

<TB Screen><TFOOT>


3



<TH ...>


3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...ROWSPAN

3

3

3


...COLSPAN

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...ALIGN

3

3

3


...VALIGN

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...WIDTH

3

3



...HEIGHT

3



<TB Screen>

...NOWRAP

3

3



...BGCOLOR

3



<TB Screen>

...BORDERCOLOR

3




...BORDERCOLORLIGHT

3



<TB Screen>

...BORDERCOLORDARK

3




...BACKGROUND

3



<TB Screen><THEAD>


3



<TITLE>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><TR ...>


3

3

3


...ALIGN

3

3

3

<TB Screen>

...VALIGN

3

3

3


...BGCOLOR

3



<TB Screen>

...BORDERCOLOR

3




...BORDERCOLORLIGHT

3



<TB Screen>

...BORDERCOLORDARK

3



<TT>


3

3

3

<U>


3

3

<TB Screen><UL>


3

3

3

<VAR>


3

3

3

<TB Screen><WBR>


3

3


<XMP>


3

3

3



(will translate





special characters)



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