> > XHTML provides several advantages over HTML, such as a clearer separation > between formatting and content.
Add to that portability! This argument reminds of a news article I read yesterday on a Jamaican who proudly defied the evacuation of his town, due to the incoming hurricane, with something like: "You'll find me at 6.00pm this evening drinking rum in the bar". On 22/08/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > is selected="selected" so bad? > > > > Bad, I don't know, but for the least, useless and stupid. > > It's neither useless nor stupid. "Boolean" attributes in HTML aren't > consistent with how HTML attributes are written - as name-value pairs. > Consistency has an obvious value. > > > 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. > > XHTML provides several advantages over HTML, such as a clearer separation > between formatting and content. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:286862 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

