On Tue, 1 May 2001, Aaron Swartz wrote: > See also the recent ALA article, "Forgiving Browsers Considered Harmful": > http://www.alistapart.com/stories/forgiving/ Oh yes. Gems like this: : I told [a bunch of high school students] that we'd be marking up our : documents using commands inside of < and > signs [...] and this: : I then launched into the basic elements: <html>, <head>, <title>, : and <body>. [...] I had just gotten through the <b> and <i> tags and this: : I had to find a way to introduce style sheets in the context of the : tags they'd learned and, of course, this: : When I was helping answer students' questions about how to achieve : specific effects Specific Effects? Inside of < and > signs? Commands? Tag Soup is first and foremost a mentality. Browsers written with that mentality as a target are not "forgiving". They are enabling. And when high school students are introduced to the wonders of specific effects by commands inside of < and > signs, one thing is for sure. Tag Soup is Alive and Well. ArjunReceived on Friday, 15 June 2001 18:43:00 GMT
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