[Coco] OT: HTML validator

[Diego Barizo]

The problem is that if I do it the right way, then they don't work 
_right now_ (borders in a frameset)

Diego

William Astle wrote:
> Diego Barizo wrote:
>   
>> I just tested that validator. If I follow their recommendations in a 
>> frame page, I end up with visible borders that I don't want.
>> If I do as I always did, and my HTML editor suggests, it works OK, 
>> tested in IE6, and 2 Geko browsers....
>>     
>
> If you're relying on things that don't validate, there's no guarantee 
> that future versions of the same browser will render it even remotely 
> the same. Relying on quirks mode (which is the non standards compliant 
> mode of a browser where it tries to emulate bugs and non-standard 
> behaviours from previous versions) is asking for inconsistent results. 
> In firefox, for example, you can find out if the page is rendering in 
> quirks mode by looking at the "Page Info" option in the context menu.
>
> All in all, it's better to go for standards compliance so there is a 
> good chance that future versions of the same browser (*cough*IE7*cough*) 
> do not totally bork the rendering of existing pages.
>
> William Astle
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