- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 05:30:21 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Blanchard, Todd wrote: > > You are assuming that validators run javascript - they generally don't. > I'm hoping to add it to Scrutinizer > (http://www.blackbagops.net/seaside/html) but that would make it unique > in the world of validators. It's mathematically impossible to verify that all script on the page is always going to generate conformant DOMs, but indeed, a validator that attempts it should be given high marks. > Browser makers can't just punt on this issue - you have to help the > developers more. As it is now we spend way too much time writing little > probe programs to reverse engineer browser behavior to figure out why > our nifty AJAX apps don't work. I don't disagree. This is out of scope for this working group, though. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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