- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:45:38 +1100
Elliotte Harold wrote: > Ian Hickson wrote: >>>> Some pages even have completely bogus namespaces on the root <html> >>>> element, which would make the entire page screw up. > > Let the page screw up. The author will notice it and fix it. That's like > saying some people mistype table as tabel and therefore we shoudl accept > both spellings. No, that's not how it works in the real world. The users and/or author will find that the site no longer works, even though it used to. They will then complain to the browser vendor, who will politely refuse to do anything about it. The user and author will then switch back to the old version, which does work, or switch to a new browser. The browser vendor will realise what a terrible mistake they've made and revert back to their old behaviour. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
Received on Saturday, 4 November 2006 03:45:38 UTC