Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 10/02/06 20:44

On 2006-10-02, Leif K-Brooks wrote:
> Jim S wrote:
>> OK I suppose my question was badly phrased.
>> What are the bad consequences of my using tools in FP that do not use
>> validatable code, but make the site more interesting and appear on all
>> current browsers?
>
> By the time you've finished testing your page in all current browsers
> (Firefox 1.5, IE 6, ELinks 0.11, Safari 2, Opera 9, Konqueror 3.5, W3M
> 1.5, JAWS 7, many others), the next generation will be out and your
> page won't work anymore.

Only if you do it by not following the standards. Future browsers
will adhere more closely to the standards; a well-made page will
always work.

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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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