On Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 12:16:02PM +0100, Hans Aberg wrote: > I used *ML as a collective term for those various ML's: Then a lot already > use HTML, and this will be replaced XML if now Netscape and Microsoft and > those will implement it on their WWW-browsers. I find it curious that in all this discussion it seems to be assumed that while everything else will be turned upside-down Netscape and InternetExplorer will remain the only browsers in use, understanding only HTML/XML. It seems to me more likely that there will be dozens of browsers around, many of which will have no difficulty displaying PDF, DVI, etc. Consequently the "argument by browser" for *ML seems to me entirely devoid of merit. If there is an argument for MathML, OpenMath, etc (and I can see that there is one, though I remain unpersuaded) it will have to be based on more fundamental principles. Ps If xdvi worked as advertised it would itself be a TeX browser. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: [log in to unmask] tel: +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland