Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!uucp.gnuu.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool2.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <1425526.EZpXKcVxos@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:53:18 +0200 User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. <50391bc8$0$6183$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <5c08b4d4-5162-4580-9c9e-d23937e046e2@z17g2000yqk.googlegroups.com> <5039ec17$0$6192$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <1e52efa2-bcfe-45f6-a005-608614428fbb@k3g2000yqo.googlegroups.com> Followup-To: comp.lang.javascript MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Aug 2012 14:53:18 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 4ae7e9a3.newsspool3.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=8Q;jf1[=b^PV0Pe9PRnbJ\McF=Q^Z^V3X4Fo<]lROoRQ8kF On 2012-08-27 19:09, Martin Leese wrote: >> Denis McMahon wrote: >> ... >>> 15) In my opinion, It's a good habit to get into the practice of >>> specifying attributes such as nowrap, readonly, selected in the form >>> attr="attr", ie readonly="readonly", selected="selected", >>> nowrap="nowrap", even if you are only using html 4.01. >> >> Thanks for this. The other advice was good >> to, but this was one of which I hadn't >> thought. (It even validates at 4.01 Strict.) > > Just be aware that this advice is just an opinion. No, it is just bad advice: > Some people do it, some websites (like W3Schools, unsurprisingly) think > it's the only way. $DEITY protect us from the utter nonsense spread readily by W3Schools. The W3C should sue them for abusing their name. PointedEars -- > If you get a bunch of authors […] that state the same "best practices" > in any programming language, then you can bet who is wrong or right... Not with javascript. Nonsense propagates like wildfire in this field. -- Richard Cornford, comp.lang.javascript, 2011-11-14