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Ann Navarro writes: > Did HTML 4.0 -- with it's three versions, fail from overcomplexity? Sorry to be harsh, but I almost never see the required HTML 4.0 DOCTYPE declaration at the top of Web pages and I know of no widely-deployed HTML user agent that actually tries to distinguish HTML 4.0 from HTML 3.* and do something useful based on that distinction (much less one that distinguishes the transitional and strict flavours). Certainly, the improved documentation was welcome, and HTML 4.0 was a brave attempt to codify and direct what was already industry practice. However, most specs will fail, just as most tadpoles will be eaten -- it's sad (and frustrating for those of us who volunteer so much time to help develop them), but that's the way it works. All the best, David -- David Megginson david@m... http://www.megginson.com/ xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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