Re: Background-image

>Please take a look at this two ways of putting a background-image in a
>tablecell.
>
><td background="/include/toppleft.GIF" width="170">
>
><td style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(/include/toppleft.GIF)" width="170">
>
>I belive that the second way is the correct way, BUT why does the first way
>works better?

    Both are technically correct, although the second is a little more 
forward-looking.  Both should have roughly the same effect, and I've 
used both general techniques with no trouble.  However, it's hard to 
answer your question without more information, such as:

    * What do you mean by "works better," or alternatively, what about
      the second way is worse than the first?
    * What browser(s) were you using when you decided that one approach
      was less useful than the other?
    * What is the URL of the page which demonstrates the problem?

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