- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:33:32 -0700
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Apr 19, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Laura Carlson wrote: > Hi Leif, > > On 4/19/11, Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> wrote: >> Maciej, and the other chairs, > >>>> Was this list derived from the output >>>> of actual authoring tools? Was it found by looking at real Web >>>> content? In the absence of information about where this list came >>>> from, it was taken to have no evidentiary value. >> >> The list is much longer than the one Laura provided: Wordpress, >> MediaWiki, Drupal, DocBook, TextPattern. TextMate, the famous Mac text >> editor, is also able to save code as HTML - thus it generates, does it >> therefore need an exception? TextMate also has various WYSWIWYG (like) >> extension(s). SubEthaEdit can also save page as HTML. Other text >> editors probably have similar features. Have these tools asked for >> lower bars? Can't they speak for themselves if they need them? Does >> JDiff, which also inserts generator string, need an exception? >> >> The irony, considering the lowered validation bar: <meta >> name="generator" content="HTML tidy"> >> >> All the above info has been found with http://code.Google.com and by >> looking at the home pages of the different packaged and through >> knowledge of the tools. It is simple to find more. > > I used too used Google and also checked some local apps. > In any future such lists, it would be useful to add explicit citations, preferably more specific than "do a Google search". Regards, Maciej
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