To show emphasis, for example, the Mosaic browser can be set to display either italics or underscoring. The explosive growth of the Web has changed the game. Web designers, and browser developers such as Netscape, now twist and extend the limited HTML tools to try to approach the creative control provided by page layout and presentation software. They are pushing the evolution of the Web toward more sophisticated formatting capabilities. Whether these capabilities become part of the core HTML specification is still a matter of heated controversy, but they will come in some form.
Most viewers now recognize the value added by document designers.
It would be pointless to attempt to force the enormous and varied content of the Web into a uniform format using browser controls. And even if viewers wanted to customize the look of documents one at a time using browser settings, the time required would be prohibitive. This market-driven trend toward creator control of the appearance of Web pages will continue. For now you, as a Web document designer, will be challenged by the constraints of an imperfect tool. But things will get better.