- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:58:18 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Edward Reid <edward@paleo.org>
- Cc: public-css-testsuite@w3.org
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Edward Reid wrote: > > My experience with this page was: > > 1) Opening it in iCab 3.0.280 under Mac OS 9.1 resulted in different > characters being displayed from those intended. That's a bug in iCab. Score one for the test, whose job is to find bugs. > 2) Opening the source in Page Spinner 3.1.2 under Max OS 9.1 resulted in > three garbage characters where the arrows should be. Score two for the test. > 3) Opening the source in TextPad under Windows XP SP2 resulted in > TextPad claiming these characters are non-ASCII and replacing them with > question marks. Score three... > 4) Opening the source in HTML-Kit under Windows XP SP2 resulted in > display of three garbage characters where the arrows should be. Four. Four bugs found with one test. Not bad! Normally a well-written test only finds one or two bugs at a time. > So whether or not there is a technical specification for these > characters, in practice they are highly ambiguous using software in > widespread use today. This would be a valid concern for a Web page. This is not a Web page, it's a test case. Test cases are designed specifically to catch bugs. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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