[Bug 1833] Wrong ISO-8859-1 enconding behaviour on "Direct input"

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1833





------- Additional Comments From bethfreeman@wickedlysmart.com  2005-10-20 19:46 -------
Well I have to say that this is going to be INCREDIBLY confusing for people who are trying to validate 
their files, especially those who don't read these bug reports (or for those new to HTML, who, even if 
they did read these, would be completely confused).

The issue is that the form as it is now would indicate that there are three alternatives to validating your 
code.  But these alternatives are NO LONGER EQUIVALENT.

If you are going to have different behavior for an uploaded file as you do for a copy and pasted file, 
then you need to indicate in the form that these two things cause DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR.

This is extremely confusing.  As an author who is writing a book, including this validator as an 
explanation of how to determine if your code is correct, having to explain to your MOM why her code 
validates if she pastes it in but doesn't if she uploads it... is well, pretty frickin' impossible.

Is this service for expert users?  Is it for new users?  Ask yourself - who is this service for?  Are you 
"fixing" these issues because it makes YOU feel better?  Or because it actually helps people?

I'm very upset about this.  It's caused me many hours of reworking a chapter in my book all because 
you think that pasted text should be treated differently, when in fact, it will make no sense to 95% of 
HTML writers out there.

Received on Thursday, 20 October 2005 19:46:26 UTC