- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:17:47 -0500
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: www-tag <www-tag@w3.org>
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 20:26 -0700, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Aug 17, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Dan Connolly wrote: > > > * Convince Web publishers to fix incorrectly labelled Web > > content > > and label it correctly in the future. > > * Update the HTTP specification to match widely deployed > > conventions captured in the HTML 5 draft. > > > > While the second option is unappealing, the first option seems > > infeasible. > > It isn't infeasible. It happens immediately after any such page > fails to render correctly, either in the form of an obvious error > message or a consistent save-as dialog, when that page is viewed > by the person authoring or maintaining the website. The problem > is not the standard, it is not the algorithm, and it is not HTML. > The problem is the ridiculously lame excuses that some vendors make > in the face of the predominant unreliable browser, MSIE, failing > to note errors when a page is tested. [...] While looking for background to add to this draft, I see you argued that case before. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2006Aug/0029.html Sorry to make it look like you need to repeat yourself. FYI, the thread in public-html has some interesting input too. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Aug/thread.html#msg677 -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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