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Re: Editing formulas for the web

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  • Subject: [mg27499] Re: Editing formulas for the web
  • From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 03:53:26 -0500 (EST)
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"Seth Chandler" <SChandler at Central.UH.Edu> wrote in message
news:LxJm6.21539$0r1.58253 at ralph.vnet.net...
> Unfortunately, as a result of litigation, the Mathematics part of the
> treasuretroves.com site has been shut down.

Yes, very unfortunately, but the physics section is awash in equations, all
GIFs.

I just wanted to make the point that when you visit sites that post
mathematics, you immediately see that GIFs are ubiquitous.

There was originally a plan to integrate mathematical notation into HTML
itself, but this went by the wayside, and the only really practical interim
solution, practiced nearly universally, is GIF images.

The second most common choice is PDF files, which tend to be rather large
for their content, and cannot be viewed by any visitor. They have a high
overhead compared to the total download time for an HTML page with GIFs.

--
Paul Lutus
www.arachnoid.com





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