Posted by j1mb0jay on 02/21/07 21:08

Nikita the Spider wrote:
> 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

UWA(see mail header) Master's Computer Science - AI (I'm in 1st Year) sadly
the goverments state the cost of this is £3,000 per year (4 year course)

>> 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 feel the only reason it dosn't benift people is because brower's don't
"like" to follow the standards.

>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."

I agree hint why i made the website in the first place.

> 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.

Started reading already....

>
>> 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.

I agree with you, sadly I am not planning on being a webgeek but nowadays
can programs really afford not to have some kind of web output. Although
shh/telnet(puTTy) solve alot of "my" problems.
I belive AI is the way forward.

>
> Good luck with the course

Thank you very much.

--
Regards JJ (UWA)

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