On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 16:48 -0400, Reese wrote: > On 17 Aug 10 13:32 PM, David Laakso wrote: > > > > Averill Ring at Irisweb wrote: > >>> Fwiw, it is usually best to use a strict doctype for a new site. > >> > >> Why? > > > > Because HTML 4.01 Strict [and XHTML 1.0 Strict] emphasize structure over > > presentation and they are /forward/ compatible. > > Also, I believe it is in the specification that "transitional" is for > pages that must maintain support for legacy cruft, new development > should be under the "strict" doctype for the reasons advanced by David. > > Reese
I use transitional when I want to use have links open in a new window with target="blank". Strict doesn't allow target="blank". If there's a better way to have a link open in a new window under strict I'd prefer to use that. Erica ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
