Hello Edward, On 31-Mai-03 Edward Rayl wrote:
>> By the same token, HTML that is regularly used and that is handled >> well by IE, Opera, and Mozilla (which this is), well, those ARE the >> standard. No! Standards are agreements which have to be followed to make communi- cation possible. No one should exclude others by violating them! >> Relying on W3 to tell you who you should listen to, and excluding >> anything ON PRINCIPLE that doesn't match, even if it is otherwise >> universally recognized, may feel good, but it is precisely that which >> prevents "communication." > > > I agree with you when it comes to parsing HTML web sites. It is a > necessary evil to have to understand slang. But we should still > endeavor to follow the W3C rules when we _write_ our web sites. > Responding to your example, this would mean responding in proper English > to American slang. This is exactly what I think! Its a necessary evil! Anyone should avoid these so called "HTML-extensions" whenever ist possible. Otherwise we will have to use GB-Monsters to view any possible HTML-Page. Regards, Michael _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
