In sandbox, the resulting code is ignoring the DOCTYPE declaration, so
browsers go into Quirks mode and changed the appearance of an
application I tested (although the necessary change was minimum).

Is it possible to honor the DOCTYPE as the current production code
does?

On 4 fev, 14:24, Bruno Oliveira <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, folks.
>
> As you have noticed, sandbox has been pretty unstable these last few days,
> with widespread error messages pointing to a severe shortage of donuts on
> the server. We're sorry for the problems and we thank you for your patience.
>
> The good news arising from this maintenance period is that we now have *a
> new Javascript and HTML parser* that is based on upcoming *Caja*. This
> update should not break any gadget. Unless we missed something. And unless,
> of course, your JS/HTML is malformed... in which case it might have been
> working before because the old parser was more lenient, and may break now
> because the new parser is stricter.
>
> So, bottom line: please go to sandbox.orkut.com and test all your apps
> carefully: profile and canvas view, CSS and Javascript inclusion,
> opensocial calls.
>
> Why change this now?
>
>    1. *More reliable:* This parser offers much better protection against XSS
>    and unintended redirects, which malicious apps were exploiting (and the
>    reason our review queue isn't moving).
>
>    2. *Faster (we think):* We believe it renders faster, but we don't have
>    "real usage" data for it yet.
>
>    3. *Necessary:* We can't add support for Caja (the feature) without it.
>    And it's coming.
>
> If you find problems with your app and you don't rely on eval() for its
> functionality, please reply on this thread.
>
> If you have issues accessing sandbox, please reply on the other
> thread:https://groups.google.com/d/topic/opensocial-orkut/1N_I5LSP7Qo/discus...
>
> Thank you for helping us stop abuse in orkut.
>
> Regards,
> -- The orkut apps team

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