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Re: reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

From: Peter Kerr <p.kerr@auckland.ac.nz>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:30:09 +1300
Message-Id: <1AF6985D-51E8-44A8-AC3F-9B711734BE21@auckland.ac.nz>
Cc: www-amaya@w3.org
To: ve3ll@rac.ca

On 16/01/2006, at 3:50 AM, ve3ll@rac.ca wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  illustrates a popular page
> that has many box and table issues in amaya 8.8.3
>
> it also rings up a parsing error in css that is due to a use of css3
> notation.  Even if css3 is not to be implemented for a while, the
> parser should recognize that the syntax exists .... i do not know  
> if this
> is what is causing some of the display problems  but there is serious
> hinderence in readability.... arent displays supposed to downgrade
> gracefully.....

What does it mean (if anything) when we check that url against the
W3C CSS validator?

media="screen,projection" could cause problems.
Does it need a space, or an 'and'?

Also that wiki Main_Page has four tests for four versions of IE,
and serves a different styleheet for each. Looks like walking on  
broken glass to me...






Peter Kerr                       Mail.app 2.0.3 (734)
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School of Music,  University of Auckland,  New Zealand
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