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From: clm1948@sprynet.com (Christine Mackley)
Subject: Re: Ascii-art in HTML
Date: 1996/07/08
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On 8 Jul 1996 07:07:27 GMT,
matt.granberry@windmill.com@windmillbbs.com    (Matt Granberry) wrote:
>I have this same complaint of Netscape.  On my web pages I include 
>ascii-art as alternatives for many of the images.  This looks great using 
>a text mode browser such as LYNX but looks terrible using Netscape.
>
>The best example of this 
>on my pages is at:  http://nunic.nu.edu/~dissel/mini.html
>
>I don't think it is possible to set this up properly for viewing in 
>Netscape.  Even version 2.0 does not view the alternatives properly.
>
>Have a great day,
>Dave.

SUGGESTION:  make the ascii art into a gif so folks can see what it
looks like....AND include a download link to the "doggie.txt"...like
people do on their pages for text based browsers.

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