- From: Dave J Woolley <DJW@bts.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:57:33 +0100
- To: www-html@w3.org
> From: Dave Mertens [SMTP:dmertens@ism.nl] > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 3:12 PM > To: www-html@w3.org > Subject: error in xhtml 1.0 strict DTD? > > I have possibly found an error in the strict xhtml 1.0 DTD. [DJW:] I don't think so. > Buttons in forms can be set in 2 ways: [DJW:] Text only buttons.... > <input type="submit" name="action" value="send" /> > or > <button type="submit" name="action" value="send" /> > > Both give the same result. There i conclude that the input-types are only > there for compibilty, so that part is transitional and not strict. > [DJW:] The button form would be unsafe from a backward compatibility point of view (it may be illegal). An HTML 4 browser seeing it is unlikely to recognize the "/>" and therefore leave the button unclosed (I thought the XHTML rules required a separate close where HTML required an explicit one). Button is also broken in IE4 and, not in NS4 at all. I cannot think of any way of gracefully degrading a button element. XHTML 1.0 *is* about backward compatibility. In my view, button is unsafe except in controlled, intranet, environments. -- --------------------------- DISCLAIMER --------------------------------- Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of BTS.
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