Re: [Sheflug] browser lockin.

[David Holden <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxx>]

Alex Hudson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 10:22:45AM +0100, David Holden wrote:
> 
>>  Yes thats my point, it should offer you an opportunity to login on 
>>the homepage, I shouldn't have to go to the above login page directly.
>>
>><rant!>This is just lazy/bugging HTML coding and its not good enough</rant!>
> 
> 
> I won't mention your non-html compliant tags then :-)


he he, that was actually an SGML fragment with a redefined MDC (not!)




> 
> Seriously, though, HTML coding isn't necessarily all that easy. In fact,
> sometimes it's damned tough. Coding to "standards" is all very well, but
> often the standards support is lacking. Not just in proprietary
> browsers, but in all of them. 


There is some truth here, and it does require compromise in layout on 
occasions.

> 
> Basically, the web is a crock, and to code to ivory-tower standards is
> probably no worse than to code to defacto standards. Of course, the real
> difference here is that one is an open, published standard, and the
> other isn't...


The web is a crock because people make use of proprietry coding when it 
is not needed, in certain circumstances yes standards and lag beyind 
requirements but often this is not the case.


but for high profile services like IF, I think I should be able to go to 
there web site and be able to access the "login" link on their home page 
which I can't at present.


  dave.




> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
> 
> (http://www.alexhudson.com/ for those who want to check my markup :P )
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