Re: Bug 7034

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:33:31 +0100, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>  
wrote:
> On Mar 24, 2010, at 3:29 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>>
>> Also, do we really still need to have arguments over why
>> transitional doctypes are bad (they trigger an inferior rendering
>> mode for one) and why presentational markup is to be avoided?
>
> I think I understand the value of avoiding quirks mode and almost
> standards mode, enough to explain it. I'm not sure I understand fully
> why presentational markup is to be avoided. Can you provide some
> reasons or point to a good reference?
>
> I ask because I'm planning to make a wiki page that collects
> rationales for authoring conformance requirements.

Ian posted about this a while back:

   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Oct/0961.html


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Anne van Kesteren
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Received on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 10:38:10 UTC