> There is a constant battle between people who want HTML to remain true
> to the SGML "idea" and those that want to turn it into a variant of X
> and/or TeX. To specify colors is contrary to the spirit of HTML as a
> kind of SGML. The idea is that if we let people get down to minute
> rendering details with HTML, it will no longer be a one-size-for-all
> system, and it will no longer be easy to write and manipulate.
I agree. Leaving color specifications out of HTML lets the end user
pick the colors with the browser. That's one of the great things about
the web.
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