[Doc-SIG] State of XHTML in browsers

David Goodger goodger at python.org
Wed Jul 30 17:10:35 EDT 2003


Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
> In particular:  Are there any actively used browsers that don't
> support proper XHTML?  I'm think especially about linking behavior:
> Are all current browsers able to use the "id" attributes on arbitrary
> elements, or is the <a name='...'> construct still needed?

Netscape 4 doesn't support "id" attributes.  It's not current, but
seems to still be actively used.  Docutils does <a name="...">
for Netscape compatibility.

-- David Goodger




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