Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.42!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <1924605.C0IIP4dKs2@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:13:23 +0100 User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit Subject: Re: multi browser forms issue Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript References: <6b248eda-8b2d-4618-af26-d3983cdcdbb1@u10g2000prl.googlegroups.com> Followup-To: comp.lang.javascript MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 41 NNTP-Posting-Date: 07 Nov 2011 14:13:23 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 293b2459.newsspool4.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=OKMHFP=Y2Chf1oJaJ0@dmg4IUK` X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.javascript:8104 Eric Bednarz wrote: > David Mark writes: >>> >> Why are you using HTML5? > > That’s not ‘using HTML5’, that’s choosing a rendering mode in a mnemonic > fashion, and without the cargo cult parts that do nothing. Incorrect. There is a difference in rendering between using a DOCTYPE declaration without a public identifier (as here), a DOCTYPE declaration containing only a public identifier, and a DOCTYPE declaration containing both a public and a system identifier. Therefore, "using HTML5" is nothing more than a proper, if colloquial, synonym for the first part of your definition. >> Many browsers in use (e.g. most versions of IE) don't know what it is. >> And seeing as multi-browser consistency is eluding you... > > Many (besides academical experiments, I'd say all) browsers don’t know > what SGML is, still lots of websites try to look like (parts of) SGML > documents. The DOCTYPE declaration matters for various reasons that appear to elude you. > Having said that, the above document type declaration meets the SGML > production for ‘document type declaration’. Go figure. You should have provided some proof of your assertion, such as But HTML5 is not SGML-based. PointedEars -- Prototype.js was written by people who don't know javascript for people who don't know javascript. People who don't know javascript are not the best source of advice on designing systems that use javascript. -- Richard Cornford, cljs,