top-aligned images as side-bars...

[Keith Gabryelski]

> The problem isn't that the image is left aligned; we support that now.
> 
> The problem is this author specifies both align=top and align=left.   
> Well, SGML doesn't allow you specify the same parameter twice.  It's like  
> saying, "Oh, I'd like my car to be a Dodge, and a Ferrari."
> 
> Apparently NetScape supports this in some brain-dead fashion, since they  
> don't care a whit for SGML or standards, so we'll have to find some  
> workaround.  Sigh.

Isn't this more a question of an undefined specification (having two align specified in a single tag) being handled in a implementation specific way (netscape chose to handle this case specifically).

You have chosen to emulate NetScape's display processor as much as possible so implementation decisions like how to handle undefined requests must be mirrored.

or basically:

Undefined is as undefined does.  You have chosen to define a standard (i.e., whatever netscape does) and stick with it.

Pax, Keith