- From: Roger Johansson <roger@456bereastreet.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:39:02 +0200
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On 18 apr 2007, at 07.59, Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> Yes, of course. But if nothing tells us when we make mistakes, we >> can't learn from them (which is why I think browsers somehow >> warning about errors is a very good idea). > > They do. There's an error console. We can't show errors in the UI. > End users don't care about that. I'm not suggesting a modal alert box. >> I've been thinking about this for a long time now, and I can't >> understand why you are surprised by that. Maybe I am >> misunderstanding you? > > Your blog entry indicates that even skilfull developers have issues > now and then. So I'm not sure why we should not take that into > account. I'm not talking about skillful developers. >> No, but it is my firm (as in Microsoft wants an opt-in switch >> firm) belief that people who build websites, who develop tools >> that are used to build websites, and who develop tools that are >> used to produce content for websites for a living, all have a >> responsibility to keep up-to-date with current best practices. > > Sure, that doesn't mean they won't screw up. Obviously not. But why even have a spec if anything goes? /R -- http://www.456bereastreet.com/
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