On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, J. J. Young wrote:

> anarkissed wrote:
> 
> >I see I should insert the !doc type header
> 
> Just use it when validating, then delete it.
> There are documented instances of the biggest
> baddest browser tripping up when it's included,
> but not otherwise.

  I've done web pages professionally, as well as
personally, and I've never had any complaints that my 
pages (which of course all contained the required DTD) 
didn't work with one type of browser or other.
  I even used to check my pages with either IE 3.x 
or 4.x (whichever I might have had access to) and
never saw any problem myself.  
  I've read of problems with IE rendering certain W3C 
compliant pages, but just having the DTD isn't one 
I've ever heard of.

> W3C standards vs. the rich tapestry (or poisoned
> mire) of the real Net.

  Since M$ has a seat on the W3C, and since the
standards are designed for the "real net," I don't
see any conflict. 

 - Steve

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