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Posted by Nikita the Spider on 02/21/07 18:05
In article <1172071556.799831@leri.aber.ac.uk>,
"j1mb0jay" <jap6@aber.ac.uk> wrote:
> I paid a lot of money for this course. I am not going to chance. If they
> think 1.1 is a good way to start learning HTML with closing every tag and
> using CSS, then i have to aggree.
Hi JJ,
PMFJI. Personally, I agree with the advice that HTML 4.01 Strict is,
with rare exceptions, still the best choice for new Web pages. XHTML is
difficult to use (as has been discussed here and elsewhere) while it
benefits very few Web authors. I also agree that if your teacher has
told you to use XHTML 1.1 in your course, then life will be a whole lot
easier for you if that's what you use. You can hardly go into the class
and say "I'm going to disregard your instructions because some people on
the Internet said you're wrong." But someday (IMHO) you'll do well to
learn the difference between HTML and XHTML and why we disagree with
your teacher. Just reading the discussions of the two in this newsgroup
and comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html will shed a lot of light on the
situation.
> Not my fault browers dont follow rules.
True! And if your interest in (X)HTML is purely academic, then you can
ignore the consequences of browsers' disregard of standards. But if you
have a practical interest in (X)HTML (e.g. you want to get a job as a
Web Geek) then that kind of thinking will only get you as far as the
unemployment line.
Good luck with the course
--
Philip
http://NikitaTheSpider.com/
Whole-site HTML validation, link checking and more
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