- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:55:29 -0400
- To: Alan Gresley <alan@css-class.com>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
Alan Gresley wrote: > Robert O'Callahan wrote: >> One of the first lessons of browser implementation is that authors >> cannot be trusted. > > Roc, which authors are you referring to. > > 1. Code valid CSS and HTML. > 2. Code invalid CSS and valid and HTML. > 3. Code valid CSS and invalid HTML. > 4. Code invalid CSS and HTML. > 5. Code invalid and propriety HTML. I think I can speak for Robert here in saying "every single one of them". > You want to cater for the full spectrum, even those authors that > ignorantly mangle there code into knots. Indeed. > So you are saying that the spec authors duty is to have CSS rendering > defined. Yes, indeed. > This is a double edge sword where the author coding by best practices > are penalized. I'm not sure I follow this at all. -Boris
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