Re: Fw: end tags... (fwd)

   I have yet to see any browser that functions as a solid validator.
   MSIE and NS most certainly do *NOT* do good validation.  

   This is not to be unexpected.  Browsers are meant to display things
   to the user, and most users don't want to deal with a browser refusing
   to handle a page becuase the author has cocked it up.  So browsers are
   not written to be strict - they attempt error recovery to different
   degrees.  It is an art of compromise.

Longterm readers here and in html-wg will recall the suggestion that a
properly parsing browser could be configured to mail a list of errors
for offending broken HTML files back to the author (if identified in
LINK) or the webmaster at wherever the file came from. Soon put a stop
to garbage in HTML files :-)

///Peter

Received on Monday, 23 September 1996 10:08:00 UTC