Top ten HTML extensions that didn't make it into Netscape 0.9
01 Jul 1994(because they ran out of beer)
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<WIRED>…</WIRED>Renders the enclosed text in Sturm und Drang 374 Medium Bold Condensed, in light purple on a neon orange background. Tells you repeatedly how cool you are for using netscape. -
<ROACH>….</ROACH>When selected, the enclosed text runs and hides under the nearest window. OR, giggles a lot and demands nachos, depending on your definition of “roach.” (the formal definition, of course, to be determined by the Official Honorary Internet Standards Commitee For Moving Really Slowly.) -
<KILL_SGML>Should anyone foolish enough to think that HTML is still SGML and try and run a netscape-html document through an SGML editor, processor, or other tool, this tag causes an immediate core dump, erases anything on your disk with “DTD” in the name, and emails a randomly-selected insult to Tim Pierce. -
<PINHEAD>…</PINHEAD>Inserts “zippyisms” into the enclosed text. Perfect for those professional documents. -
<SECRET>….</SECRET>In order to read the enclosed text, you have to have secret spy decoder glasses (available direct from Netscape for a reasonable fee). You can also read it by holding your computer in front of a full moon during the autumn solstice. -
<HYPE>Causes Marc Andreesen to magically appear and grant you an interview (whether you want one or not). Please use this tag sparingly. <PEEK>….</PEEK>-
<POKE>…</POKE>So you want more control over screen layout in HTML? Well, here ya go. -
<YOGSOTHOTH>Summons the elder gods to suck away your immortal soul. Or Bill Gates, if the elder gods are busy. Unpredictable (but amusing) results occur when the<YOGSOTHOTH>and<HYPE>tags are used in close proximity. <BLINK>…</BLINK>Causes the enclosed text to….ooops, that one made it in.