+1 --- "Hajratwala, Nayan (N.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > good discussion, everyone ... > > I've been thinking about this a little more and I'm > going to backtrack a > little bit.... We will very likely be running into > this same problem when > XHTML 2.0 comes out. XHTML 2.0 will NOT be > backwards compatible with XHTML > 1.1 (For more on this, see the W3C site or various > XHTML lists ... i don't > think we want to get into it here... =) ). > > At the point of XHTML 2.0, we obviously won't want > to make everything XHTML > 2.0 compliant ONLY. > > Perhaps we can have some global setting that defines > the DOCTYPE you want to > use: XHTML 1.0 Strict, HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 > Transitional, etc. > > All tags could then know internally whether or not > they support the > specified DOCTYPE, and output the appropriate HTML. > > For example, we know that in HTML 3.2, forms have a > "name" attribute, but in > XHTML, they have an "id" attribute. Struts would > output whichever was > specified... We also know that all HTML versions > will support <br />, so we > can always output that. > > To start, we can pick what Struts already supports, > which I would guess is > HTML 4.01 Transitional. If someone wants to support > a "lower" version, they > can build it in. > > Obviosuly i'm not proposing this for the 1.1 > release, as it requires a lot > more thought & discussion > > This would definately futureproof Struts and not tie > it in to any particular > version. Also, it would allow a struts developer to > say .. "Well, all my > customers are using current User-Agents now, so let > me upgrade my site to > XHTML1.0" They can do it at a flip of a switch. > > Does anyone think this is > ridiculous/feasible/useful? Is this overkill? > > > --- > - Nayan Hajratwala > - Chikli Consulting LLC > - http://www.chikli.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig R. McClanahan > [mailto:craigmcc@;apache.org] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 2:58 PM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: Re: HTML, XML, XHTML and <html:html> > > > > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, David Graham wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:19:57 -0600 > > From: David Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Struts Developers List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: HTML, XML, XHTML and <html:html> > > > > AFAIK, the only change is the closing / added to > struts input tags. All > > browsers support this for reasons mentioned > previously. > > > > I guess I just don't see how this is a serious > change and how existing > apps > > behavior would change. In my experience, over 95% > of clients use Netscape > > 4.x+ or IE which both support this grammar. Many > other people use Opera > > which also supports this. > > > > You seem awfully confident that you know what client > devices and programs > are being used by all Struts apps :-). It also goes > totally against the > grain of how Struts enhancements have always been > implemented -- leave the > default behavior the same as the previous version, > and enable the new > feature with a parameter of some sort. > > Let me say this more clearly: > > -1 on unconditionally changing the output to emit > the "/". > > +0 on making this behavior dependent on xhtml="true" > in the > outermost <html:html> tag. > > > Dave > > Craig > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:struts-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:struts-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:struts-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:struts-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> >
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