barry wrote:
> > I'm trying to learn more about HTML 4 table specs and how things have
> > changed from 3.2, reviewing the page at
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html#edef-TABLE
> >
> > Is it correct that closing </tr>, </th>, and </td> tags are not required?
> > What happens in older browsers if you don't use them? I would assume it is
> > foolish not to use them unless you like to live dangerously. <G>
>
given that HTML is trying to be more "SGML-like" this seems like a strange change. The
spec says that they *are* optional ... but no browsers currently fully support HTML
4.0. So, to be safe (and for visual debugging) I'd keep 'em.
Kathy
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