11. MathML deals not only with presentation (Presentation MathML) but also the semantic meaning of an equation (Content MathML).
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14. All that markup for such a simple formula! No way give me my pencil, paper and camera.
15. Where MathML is too hard for human consumption WYSYWIG editors and text markup can help
16. ASCIIMath is simple text-based notation for math that is translated to MathML using Javascript. It was developed by Peter Jipsen from Chapman University in California.
25. Try them out here: http://mathcs.chapman.edu/~jipsen/mathml/asciimathdemo.html
26. Only one problem. After 12 frickin years MathML is still only supported by Firefox.
27. “MathJax is an open source JavaScript display engine for mathematics that works in all modern browsers. No more setup for readers. No more browser plugins. No more font installations… It just works.” http://mathjax.org
30. All MathML is converted by MathJax for cross-browser display.
31. Function graphs are rendered as SVG since this is not currently supported by the MathML standard. Browser support for SVG is much better than MathML.