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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:1 Oct 2001 at 00:07:11
Subject:Re: [amigactive] Re: Arcnet & #amiga not very friendly

Thomas Hurst said,

> On 30 Sep 2001 21:39:43 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:

>> All browsers (with the obvious exception of Amaya) should do their best
>> to interpret badly coded HTML. The problem is that badly coded often
>> means ambiguous. That's why a browser is the worst possible tool for
>> testing HTML.

> Except Amaya, of course :)

Didn't I mention Amaya? I'm sure I mentioned Amaya? Oh look, in the
first line you quoted, except Amaya :)

> Testing in browsers is still a good idea, provided you check plenty of
> them.

Of course, because most browsers try so hard to interpret bad HTML that
they screw up on certain kinds of good HTML, and other browsers work on
the basis that "their" HTML is the real standard. Check in all the
browsers you can find, then go find a couple more.

Cheers

Neil



Neil Bothwick - New Media Editor, Amiga Active Magazine

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