On 10/09/2014 06:19 AM, Guillaume "Louis-Marie" Delhumeau wrote: > Hello. > > Flamingo is still not HTML5 valid, so I am working on it. > > We actually use some <meta> tags that are become invalid in HTML5. > > = X-UA-Compatible = > <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> > It forces the Compatibility mode for IE browsers to use the latest > rendering mode. > > We can replace it by adding the X-UA-Compatible in the HTTP headers, but I > actually propose to surround this tag like this: > <!--[if IE]> > <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> > <![endif]--> > > The code is valid (because inside a comment so the validator does not parse > it) and it is still usable with IE.
Since we can control the headers, and the meta element only works in certain conditions, we should set this as a header instead. To make sure this is always set, we can add a servlet filter that adds that header. For performance (smaller responses), we can only add it if the request comes from an IE browser. > = imagetoolbar = > <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no"/> > it disables the toolbar that comes up when you mouse over an image in MSIE. > > Same, I propose to add a conditional comment: > <!--[if IE]> > <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no"/> > <![endif]--> This is no longer needed, XWiki doesn't support IE6 anymore, and newer versions don't have an image toolbar. Simply remove it. > = Content-Script-Type = > <meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript" /> > It defines the default scripting language that is used for intrinsic events > (e.g. onmouseover attributes). > > This tag has been deprecated, and there is nothing to replace it. I don't > think this tag is very useful because most of the browsers assume that an > intrinsic event will be handled by javascript. Actually I did not know this > meta tag before today and my inline javascript did always work! > > So I propose to just remove it. This was added since there's an accessibility rule that mandates it. Since it's an http-equiv, we should add this as a HTTP header as well. > = Distribution = > <meta name="distribution" content="GLOBAL" /> (from XWiki.XWikiPreferences) > It actually defines either the website should be considered as public or > local (see See http://www.metatags.info/meta_name_distribution). > > I propose to remove it. This one is ancient, IIRC it was there before my time. I doubt it has any relevance, and since most XWiki instances are private intranets (I guess?), "global" is wrong as a default value, yet I doubt anyone ever changes it. +1 for removing it. > = reply-to = > <meta http-equiv="reply-to" content="" /> (from XWiki.XWikiPreferences) > > To be useful, the content should not be empty, so the administrator should > set it. Moreover, it is very not well-known, and it could be a problem > since the spam bots can read it. > > I propose to remove it. If the administrator wants it, she can put it in > the preferences, with the proper value filled. That's not a valid header... Remove it. > = language = > <meta name="language" content="en" /> (from XWiki.XWikiPreferences) > > It is actually redundant with <html lang="en">. > > I propose to remove it. Remove it. > What do you think? > > Thanks, > -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
