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BANNER)Think of BANNER as a oversimplified FRAME
-- whatever you put in the banner stays at the top of the screen while the
rest of the page scrolls. Such a simple element should be easier to
implement (in a browser) than frames; the fact that it's so seldom
implemented is merely a another sign that Netscape, et al. really don't care
about the HTML
3.0 development process as much as they say they do. Bastards.
The BANNER element is used for corporate logos, navigation aids, disclaimers and other information which shouldn't be scrolled with the rest of the document. It provides an alternative to using the LINK element in the document head to reference an externally defined banner.
Since Level 2 browsers won't recognize BANNER as a block-like
element, the contents of the banner will slide around the screen.
LINK to create a banner; as clever as the idea is,
it's too seldom implemented to be useful.
BANNER contents are contained in valid HTML 2.0 block-like elements
(like P
) to prevent text sliding around the page.
The navigation bar of this page (and of every Websnob page dealing with HTML 3.0) has been
placed in a BANNER. Readers with advanced browsers get a nifty
effect and nobody else loses signal. The banner IMG element is
placed inside a redundant P for the benefit of non-compliant
browsers.
Neither the HTML 3.2
draft nor it's sucessors include the BANNER element. Given
the strong competion it faces (FRAME is widespread and CSS is suddenly making a comeback),
BANNER is probably doomed.
Assuming you're ready to move on and start using Cascading
Style Sheets Level 2, you can reproduce the BANNER effect
using fixed
positioning. As of 2002, only a couple browsers (Internet Explorer 6
and Opera 5) support fixed positioning.
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