On 11/12/06, Lachlan Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Christian Montoya wrote:
> Otherwise, a great solution is to stop trying to fake the standards
> and just use HTML 4.01... it's clean, well-supported, and it allows
> targets.
XHTML 1.0 allows the target attribute too in the Transitional DOCTYPE.
Don't confuse the syntax of HTML and XHTML with the distinction between
the Strict and Transitional DOCTYPEs.
Although I do agree that HTML should be used instead of XHTML for many
other reasons, I think it's an exceptionally bad idea to attempt to open
a new window. But, if you insist on doing so, use a Transitional
DOCTYPE with the target attribute because at least that way the user can
more easily configure their browser to ignore it.
That would be an abuse of the transitional doctype though, which is
intended for old, existing pages that are being ported to XHTML
strict, rather than new pages in development. It would be silly for
Chris to use that doctype, because that would be to indicate that he
plans on removing the target attributes, which in my recommendation,
he does not. I'm not confusing HTML and XHTML with the distinction
between strict and transitional; transitional doesn't belong in the
discussion to begin with.
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Christian Montoya
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