Posted by TC on 07/24/06 09:10

Els wrote:
> TC wrote:
>
> > Yes, good idea to validate first. I'll try that now. But I suspect that
> > there is no point putting an example online - it will almost certainly
> > *work* online :-)
>
> I don't see why. Really, if the doctype is what makes the difference,
> that proves it's not a misplaced image file or anything. So if it
> works locally without doctype, and not with a doctype, the same will
> be the case on the web.

Ok. I could be wrong in that assumption. Now I will actually test it!
If it still goes wrong when run from the web, I'll post an online URL
here.


> > The MOTW is (snip)

> Never heard of it, and never had a problem with HTML files locally,
> even if I open them as local files instead of serving them as
> webpages. I suppose this only comes into play when using scripts and
> stuff, not plain HTML and CSS.

Yes, it's only relevant when IE thinks the page has "active content"
(eg. scripts). In theory, the MOTW should just suppress the prompt that
IE issues to ask the user if he wants to run that content. But in
practice, I've found some cases where including an MOTW (to suppress
that prompt), does *not* produce the same effect as excludng it &
replying "yes" to the prompt.

There's lots of usenet comment on "mark of the web" or MOTW.

Cheers,
TC (MVP MSAccess)
http://tc.atspace.com

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