Posted by Arne on 09/28/05 00:42

Once upon a time *talthen.z-serwera.o2@nospam.pl* wrote:

> "Marc" <mbradshaw@beasolutions.com>
>> You're mad - it's not just web standards that write the unit like this -
>> take the following examples:
>>
>> 500m - 500 meters
>> 100C - 100 degrees centigrade
>> 50km - 50 kilometers
>> 10li - 10 liters
>> 70mi - 70 miles
>> 12oz - 12 ounces
>
> Nope. Here we write:
> 500 m
> 100 km
> 10 l

So, do you write align="centre" or what ever it's in your language
when you want something to be horizontaly centered? I'll guess not,
since "center" is the only valid word for it.

Just because some tag soap works in some browsers, is not an excuse to
use it. Just because it's common to write "500 meters" as "500 m" in
your country, is not any excuse to expect it to work on Internet.


> And "width: 100", like for me, should be correct, because pixels are default
> units for computers.

Really? All I know for pixels as (what could be called) default on
computers, is the screen resolution. And it's the browser you are
viewing the web pages with. To work with images you are using other
softwares and on them you choose what unit you like to messure them
in, those softwares (not your computer) may have default units if you
don't coose any.


> If webbrowser makers don't agree with the wc3 standards, than wc3 standards
> are not standards. Standards are made by browsers.

The web browser makers agree with the standards, but they don't (yet)
fully follow them. If it would be true that standards are made by
browsers, then we have as many "standards" as we have browsers. Do you
really belive that?

I there is a speed limit of 100 miles per hour on a road and some
drivers still drives in 120 miles per hour, others in 150 miles per
hour and an third group of drivers drive only in 90 miles per hour,
should we have four different speed limits for that road so everybody
can drive as they like?

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