On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:52:38PM -0800, Kurtis D. Rader wrote: > Try running the page through the W3C Validator. You'll learn that the page > has numerous problems. For example, right at the start the <title> appears > before the <head> tag. The very first <script> tag is malformed. At line 63 > the validator complains about a closing </a> tag without a corresponding > opening <a> tag. Given that the offending element is embedded inside a > block of JavaScript I'd say that's a pretty strong indication that the page > is malformed. Let's see, what else. Well, there's a <form> embedded in a > table at line 136. That's not legal. There are lots of closing </font> tags > without a corresponding opening <font> tag. Etcetera.
The biggest problem here is the fact that certain browsers are too forgiving to problems like these. The people coding these sites view it in these browsers and think "Yeah, I like that" .. > The author of that page either needs to spend some time reading a good book > on HTML or switch to a better HTML authoring tool. Besides, RFCs are nothing but an annoying set of suggestions. Much like laws :) -- Adam McDaniel Array.org Calgary, AB, Canada _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
