- From: Matthew Brealey <webmaster@richinstyle.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:43:04 +0100
- To: www-html@w3.org, www-style@w3.org
Christian Smith wrote: > > 4) And this is the kicker, if the document does not validate as HTML 2.0, > the browser is free to do any darn thing it wants and still be a > conforming UA since the behaviour of the UA in the presense of an error is > undefined. > > So, if the document has no DOCTYPE and doesn't validate as HTML 2.0 is may > do what it wants. If the file has a DOCTYPE but doesn't validate against > the specified version of HTML it can do what it wants. This is a fine example of doublethink. On the one hand the browser is said to have a responsibility to cope with crappy and invalid pages by inflicting bugs on the rest of us, yet on the other, when it doesn't find a DOCTYPE, in a rather feeble attempt at justifying the perpetuation of a broken web ad infinitum, you claim that it can do what it wants. ----------------------------------- Please visit http://RichInStyle.com. Featuring: MySite: customizable styles. AlwaysWork style Browser bug table covering all CSS2 with links to descriptions. Lists of > 1000 browser bugs Websafe Colorizer CSS2, CSS1 and HTML4 tutorials. CSS masterclass CSS2 test suite: 5000++ tests and 300+ test pages.
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