- From: Dean Edridge <dean@55.co.nz>
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:14:26 +1300
- To: ryan <ryan@theryanking.com>
- Cc: Dylan Smith <qstage@cox.net>, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, "public-html@w3.org Tracking WG" <public-html@w3.org>
ryan wrote: > > On Nov 21, 2007, at 8:31 PM, Dylan Smith wrote: > >> If there were a more focused "recommended" way to code, this might be >> a tad >> easier. >> >> Not that we should change what's allowed, or restrict rendering, but a >> smaller subset that says,"Please do it this way" is something I'm in >> favor >> of. > > It would certainly be easier for consumers/parsers if there were less > variation in the languages, but as long as there will are variations > in the language there are reasonable disagreements on the right "way". > I don't think it's a productive use of this group's time to try and > find one true way. > > If this group works on issues related to best practices, it should > remain neutral– enumerate the possibilities and discuss their pros and > cons, then let the reader decide for themselves. So you would like a spec that is loose enough for people to interpret how they like? This would be a recipe for disaster. > >> FWIW, I'm for double quotes and the use of a solidus, myself. > > That's great, but there are many situations where is is quite > reasonable to omit them. I think you are missing the point. There doesn't need to be these differences. There doesn't need to be many/diffferent situations. How can having differences be a good thing? > > -ryan > > -Dean Edridge
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