One example of a site I do that both fits the swfobject list, and cannot easily be standards compliant . . . I author a site with 950+ pages, each made up of multiple php files . . . header.php, leftMenu.php, contentOne.php, etc. I cannot use swfobject 2, which is xhtml strict compliant, but must use 1.5, which I don't believe is. With 1.5, I can put one reference to the swfobject.js file in the header.php file. Then I can add, change and remove swf files from any page, by just adding the embed code in the spot where it should appear. If I had used swfobject 2, I would need to put the header embed code from many diverse swfs, each appearing on only one or a few pages, in the header.php file, loaded into every page, whether or not the actual swf was to appear in that page. And I'd have a header.php file with a ton of different embed statements, for each instance in their respective pages. Very bad code management imho.
jimbo On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Vincent Polite <[email protected] > wrote: > Thanks Steve, > > It's not a bad list. I'll ponder it a bit. I still have major problems > with the notion of standards compliance in a world where it seems like no > one is actually following the standards. ;) Don't get me started on > x-platform css... :X > > :) > > Vincent > > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Vincent, >> >> This seems to cover the reasons nicely: >> >> >> http://www.nolagraphics.com/news/2007/10/25/why-are-coding-standards-w3c-important-to-me-as-a-business-owner/ >> >> Steve >> >> >> On Jun 8, 10:31 am, Vincent Polite <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > This seemed like an appropriate thread to hijack, but I do have a >> question >> > for those who may be more in the know about this than I am.... >> > >> > Why is it that we care whether or not a web page is standards compliant? >> If >> > the various web browser manufacturers that make up the majority of our >> > userbase aren't strictly compliant with a particular web standard... >> what >> > good does it do our web pages to have every little detail nuanced up for >> a >> > particular doctype/standard? >> > >> > Just curious; it's a question that has bothered me for quite some time. >> > >> > Vincent >> > >> > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > I meant XHTML. >> > >> > > On Jun 7, 7:46 pm, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > Hi All, >> > >> > > > FYI... >> > >> > > > Enhance 1.2 is now W3C XHTML 1.0 standards compliant. >> > >> > > > Steve >> > >> > >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
