$Id: notes.txt,v 1.1 1994/04/25 17:48:37 connolly Exp $ On names in HTML+ Don't use any old names with new meanings (e.g. P). On "Open URL..." interface User interfaces should hide URL syntax from users just as it hides HTML On Mirroring... The sentiment in this passage should be machine-readable: From: http://www.sco.com/IXI/of_interest/tcl/Tcl.html These pages are a mirror of the html TCL FAQ at http//www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/tcl-faq The local mirror is updated shortly after the one below. The last update was 10 Feb 1994 (MJH). Thoughts on the "HOME" page concept... Most Web clients today have a default installation which causes them to contact the HTTP server where the client came from first thing. This results in ENORMOUS load on servers near successfully deployed clients. This was a situation that was clearly unanticipated. In the future, the default installation of a Web client should integrate better with the desktop metaphor of the platform. For example, on unix, the www program should (in the absense of a comman-line arg) use the current directory as the starting page, with one-button/command access to * the home directory, which contains * the .plan file (accessible via FINGER) (maintain it as HTML and keep it "very readable" in source form) * the "HotList" file (call it .internet-web.html or some such and keep it in HTML format) * an "About this client" page, which should be locally installed with/compiled into the executable. It should indicate the available documentation and support contacts. * pointers to the site's web, if any On a mac, the www app should answer double-clicks for HTML files, and use the Finder for links to directories and other files. Thoughts on HTML composition... * use short reference maps for stuff like _emphasis_ *strong* Thoughts on HTML and mail/news integration: To: html-design From: connolly@hal.com Date: xxx Message-Id: xxx Content-Type: multipart/ ]> &head same old body style * no standard way to get the HTML DTD. (how do I specify I want the plaintext version of the document?) * even if you get it, it's not in the form that typical SGML tools use it. ------------- 4/18 HTML->MIF conversion * update libHTML w.r.t. minor bugs found * (re-)implement SGMLparseAttributes()? * (re-)implement SGMLstartTag()? Integrate libHTML with Mosaic -- replace broken parser