- From: Simon Wiffen <simon.wiffen@sense.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:05:05 +0100
- To: "Philip Taylor (Webmaster)" <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Whoops, meant to reply all on this --- Hmm well I've been working commercially for 9 years and I hand code in a text editor including hand coding elements such as ampersands, as do my colleagues so I wouldn't assume that this statement is accurate. S On 21 May 2007, at 18:22, Philip Taylor (Webmaster) wrote: > They type into Notepad (or similar text editor). > > I don't think this last statement has been true for at least ten > years. > > These days, they use whatever web-page editing tool they first happen > upon (Front Page, Dreamweaver, Homesite, whatever) and stick with > it virtually regardless. Very few make an informed decision to > switch to a better editor, and fewer still write angle-brackets > and &s by hand ... On 21 May 2007, at 18:22, Philip Taylor (Webmaster) wrote: > > > > Chris Wilson wrote: > >> As much as I'd love to subscribe to this philosophy, David, > > I think the problem is that the folks who make web pages > > (to make a gross generalization) don't read the HTML spec > > except as a last resort. They type into Notepad (or similar text > editor). > > I don't think this last statement has been true for at least ten > years. > > These days, they use whatever web-page editing tool they first happen > upon (Front Page, Dreamweaver, Homesite, whatever) and stick with > it virtually regardless. Very few make an informed decision to > switch to a better editor, and fewer still write angle-brackets > and &s by hand ... > > Philip Taylor > > -- Simon Wiffen Senior Web Designer Sense Internet Ltd Devonshire House 38 York Place Leeds LS1 2ED Tel: 0113 2937373 Fax: 0113 2937374 Web: www.sense.co.uk Sense Internet Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 3185588 and VAT number GB675228515 The contents of this email and any attachments are sent for the personal attention of the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. If you are not the intended addressee, any use, disclosure or copying of this email and any attachments is unauthorised - please notify the sender by return and delete the message. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Sense Internet Ltd, unless specifically stated.
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