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Very important question about standards

Pawel Zawadzki

2006-04-25, 7:06 pm

Hi

This is stupid question, I know, but why is so immportant making passed
standards www sites.
Meaby there is some articles about it?

Thanks for answers ;)

Best regards

David Dorward

2006-04-25, 7:06 pm

Pawel Zawadzki wrote:

> This is stupid question, I know, but why is so immportant making passed
> standards www sites.

In a nutshell:

1. The code is easier to maintain since the standards are well documented.

2. You don't have to worry about different browsers trying to error correct
for your mistakes in different ways - so its easier to write the code in
the first place.

3. You have a better chance of browsers you don't have access to for testing
handling your code correctly.

4. You have a better chance of browsers that haven't be written yet handling
your code correctly when they are released.

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Mark Parnell

2006-04-25, 10:58 pm

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, David Dorward
<dorward@yahoo.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:

> 1. The code is easier to maintain since the standards are well documented.
>
> 2. You don't have to worry about different browsers trying to error correct
> for your mistakes in different ways - so its easier to write the code in
> the first place.
>
> 3. You have a better chance of browsers you don't have access to for testing
> handling your code correctly.
>
> 4. You have a better chance of browsers that haven't be written yet handling
> your code correctly when they are released.

5. You'll get more help in the relevant newsgroups. :-)

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Toby Inkster

2006-04-26, 10:52 pm

David Dorward wrote:

> 3. You have a better chance of browsers you don't have access to for
> testing handling your code correctly.
>
> 4. You have a better chance of browsers that haven't be written yet
> handling your code correctly when they are released.

Isn't #4 a special case of #3?

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