Ok, I get it. Thanks for the discussion! ~Todd
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Dave Watts wrote: > > But, I also have another question as well... if we (the > > developers) do take that precaution to make sure that our > > stuff works and nothing is executed twice, should we be > > following that standard? I'm seeing that in just about > > every sample / tutorial all over the place and ... > > Well, it doesn't really matter. It won't hurt anything if you do, and it > won't hurt anything if you don't, if you're referring to how you write your > CFML code. If you're writing HTML (and this would of course include the HTML > that you're generating from CFML), then I'd recommend that you start writing > HTML that is XHTML-compliant wherever possible. > > > I'm beginning to wonder if Apache / IIS / any other webserver > > is just going to surprise everyone and switch over to that > > format (altho, they can't because ... well, that's one way > > to break all the old webpages, isn't it?). > > It's not a matter of web servers switching, but rather web browsers. You can > serve any sort of content you like through a web server - it doesn't check > to ensure that you're serving a specific sort of content beyond determining > the type of the content and telling the browser that type. > > However, in the future, I expect that browsers will require XHTML content, > since this will allow browsers to become smaller and much more efficient. > Current browsers allow you to feed them HTML, and that HTML doesn't even > have to be valid HTML in many cases. To do this, the browsers have all sorts > of error-handling code, which can make them quite large. When you're trying > to write a browser that'll run in, say, your wristwatch or cellphone or > toaster, you don't have room for all of that error code, and XHTML is very > attractive in that case - it's an XML language, so all you need for > validation is an XML parser, which can be quite small. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software -- ============================================================ Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ | Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion | http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ | http://www.flashCFM.com/ - webRat (Moderator) | http://www.ultrashock.com/ - webRat (Back-end Moderator) | ============================================================ ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
