(This is more-or-less by comparison with Mosaic again. As I understand
it, the newest versions of Mosaic are starting to allow JPEG inlines.
Older Mosaics only allow GIF or XBM, and most non-Mosaic browsers don't
handle inlined non-text at all. The flexibility has proven useful, and
it hasn't hurt the Web significantly. Indeed, on the contrary, it
provides a mild spur for the various browsers to keep advancing their
technology...)
-- Justin
Random Quote du Jour:
"In many respects the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the
American Dream are, in their hour of triumph, as strong as ever. But in one
way they are weaker: the collapse of communism has robbed them of an evil
against which they have been explicitly contrasted for more than half a
century. For Manichaeans, which means for many Americans, the world has been
black and white; with the blackness gone, the whiteness now shines
less brightly."
-- from The Economist