> > >>is selected="selected" so bad? > > Bad, I don't know, but for the least, useless and stupid. > Useless if you don't want your HTML as XML granted, clearly essential if you do. Stupid? Yes, the people who created XML are clearly below average IQ.
> >>why rile against a movement towards XML standards? > > Because HTML is HTML, XML is XML. > If one needs to use XML, fine, but so far, all browsers are able to read > HTML, > so I don't see why I should bother make my HTML look like XML when I > don't need. > It is not about making HTML 'look' like XML, it is about making it XML which, you are correct, you do not have to do. But there are situations where producing valid XHTML is clearly beneficial, like when there is a need to convert it to other formats as well as display it in a browser. I have had to do this, and with HTML it is a royal pain in the arse. To me, it is a no brainer. On 22/08/07, Claude Schneegans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>is selected="selected" so bad? > > Bad, I don't know, but for the least, useless and stupid. > > >>why rile against a movement towards XML standards? > > Because HTML is HTML, XML is XML. > If one needs to use XML, fine, but so far, all browsers are able to read > HTML, > so I don't see why I should bother make my HTML look like XML when I > don't need. > > -- > _______________________________________ > REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; > See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm > (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Thanks. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:286828 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
