Thanks Sergiu. I am going to do this. 2014-10-09 18:30 GMT+02:00 Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]>:
> 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 > -- Guillaume Delhumeau ([email protected]) Research & Development Engineer at XWiki SAS Committer on the XWiki.org project _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
