- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:45:46 +1100
- To: leif.vogt@npc.nato.int
- CC: www-validator@w3.org
leif.vogt@npc.nato.int wrote: > Dear Sir or Madame, > > > > I just tried to validate http://www.npc.nato.int/htm/home.htm > and I got an error message as follows: > > 1. Error Line 79 column 85: there is no attribute "autocomplete". > > ....//www.google.com/u/NPC" autocomplete="Off"> The autocomplete attribute is non-standard proprietary extension added by Microsoft to allow authors to take user-hostile actions to disable implementation specific features. Authors have no right to disable the such features on behalf of the user and the attribute should never be used, even though it is unfortunately widely supported by browsers. > The attribute and the setting (autocomplete="Off") is however not in my > source file. It's appearing the page on line 79, in the markup as received by browsers, including the validator. <form id="form" method="get" action="http://www.google.com/u/NPC" autocomplete="Off"> If you did not add it yourself, it is being added by some software that shouldn't be adding it. > Is this a bug? Not a validator bug. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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