- From: Referring organization <max@springtimesoftware.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:54:51 -0400
- To: <www-validator@w3.org>
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W3C: The LEFTMARGIN and similar attributes of BODY are valid in many version of Internet Explorer. To report them as invalid attributes under the doctype <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> seems to me unduly restrictive. Although these attributes are nonstandard, they do have a visual effect and therefore cannot be omitted without causing a difference in document layout between various browsers. I think that HTML features required to make documents have the same layout under different browsers should not be marked as errors; in fact, their omission ought to be reported. For style sheets to work correctly in the area of margin and padding, "<body>" is incorrect. The correct HTML for cross-browser use is "<body leftmargin=0 marginwidth=0 topmargin=0 marginheight=0>". For validation to be useful, it must fit the real world, not be a punitive measure against manufacturers who ignore the standards. Compare with English dictionaries, which validate against correct common usage, not against an arbitrary standard. David Spector Springtime Software
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