Does anyone know a way of getting a radical dot symbol into HTML - at the moment I'm stuck with using the degree symbol (ie °). I'm also having problems with equation arrows, is ---> really the best HTML can cope with?

I guess this just shows how non-ideal the current version of HTML is for scientists (I know HTML3 is better, but many browsers still aren't compatible). Ironic, really, given the Web's origins!

The · construction is not OK in Explorer but OK in NetScape, however does not move it far enough from the baseline. Better is to make use of nested <SUP> tags with a <BIG> tag, both OK in HTML 3.2. For example: <SUP><SUP><BIG>.</BIG></SUP></SUP> This works well in both Explorer 2.0.1 and NetScape 3.0b4, which accounts for 95% of the browsers hitting my site. It is much better than <SUP><BIG>.</BIG></SUP> As for arrows, I use a gif. OK not ideal but that's it for now. See http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/web-elements/xtal/H.html for instance, but ignore the typos I've just noticed on that page! Regards Dr Mark J Winter (Deputy Head of Department, Director of Studies) Department of Chemistry, The University, Sheffield S3 7HF, England tel: +44 (0)114 282 4498 fax: +44 (0)114 273 8673 e-m: M.Winter@Sheffield.ac.uk web: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/staff/mjw/mark-winter.html CU-SeeMe: mac043078.shef.ac.uk ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver@ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@ic.ac.uk)