Re: correct code - impaired presentation
From: JAMESICUS@aol.com
Date: Thu, Feb 24 2000
From: JAMESICUS@aol.com
Message-ID: <ad.105be84.25e6bd2e@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:58:22 EST
To: www-validator@w3.org
CC: thomas@frovin.com
Subject: Re: correct code - impaired presentation
In a message dated 2/24/00 5:31:29 AM US Mountain Standard Time, Thomas
Frovin Jensen wrote:
> I have recently discovered the usefulness of HTML - validators. However
> there is one aspect that bothers me. It is possible to write a page with
> correct HTML that looks awfull on the screen, or rather looks nice in MS
> Internet Explorer, but is corrupted in Netscape Navigator. The problem
> is, which I think we all know, that Microsoft went so far in
> 'userfriendliness' that even if your HTML code is not completely correct
> Explorer attempt to show what was intended. Very 'friendly' to less
> professional code writers but leading to bad habits like "If its works
> in Explorer it is OK" Or 'not testing your page's performance in other
> browsers"
I have personally not experienced this, rather, I have always found that web
pages that validate display correctly in all Browsers.
James Pickering
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