Re: proposed new tag: IMG

Marc Andreessen (marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Fri, 26 Feb 93 13:29:45 -0800


Jim Davis writes:
> As for specifics of Marc A's proposal, two comments
>
> 1) why have SRC instead of HREF?

Because I wanted to avoid overloading HREF -- doesn't really make
sense in this context, I don't think.

> 2) It would be nice if there was a way to specify the content type,
> e.g.
>
> <IMG HREF="http://nsa.gov/pub/sounds/gorby.au" CONTENT-TYPE=audio/basic>
>
> But I am completely willing to live with the requirement that I specify
> the content type by file extension. It's good enough for me.

Actually, in Mosaic this will be possible by doing something like:

<A HREF="http://nsa.gov/pub/sounds/gorby.au"><IMG SRC="myimage.xbm></A>

Simple.....

Marc