What's Missing from the Previous and Next Browser
Features that aren't described here but could be incorporated in the browse( ) function include:
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Configurable colors for columns, headers, and links.
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Configurable column alignment and fonts.
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Other layouts, such as horizontal table-based layouts. See the winestore Hot New Wines panel as an example. A horizontal layout is used in the online winestore and is accessible from the book's web site.
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Embedding of links in the body of the <table> so that other queries can be run by clicking on data in the <table>. Our customized version for the winestore that is described in Chapter 13 supports this feature.
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Spreadsheet-like features, such as the ability to click on a column heading to sort the data by that column.