[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> Quoting Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> > > Sadly, I think we have reached the conclusion it's not exactly correct
> > > anymore.
> > 
> > Why not?
> 
> For one reason: if, as you suggested to me, you have to keep your web
> programmers informed of new standards all the time, it costs you money. After
> all, they have to learn every new shtick on the w3c. HTML4 standard has turned
> to XHTML? Update the site. Hours of work, mucho dinero.

I don't see why?

> 
> Or you can keep it on the old standard, and risk breaking at some point.

Well, it is my impression that standard-defining bodies are quite
careful about backwards compatibility: standards break old
functionality  when there is a really good reason to. Your example 
sounds like one such case to me: there is a real privacy reason behind
this [disclaimer: I am saying this on the basis of what you wrote and
a bit of common sense that may be wrong - I am not an expert on this
by any measure]. It would seem to me that understanding why it has
been decided this should go into the standard is an issue to be
discussed between you and the suits.

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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