RE: tlug: HTML again

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> writes:

    Scott> On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Jonathan Byrne - 3Web wrote:

    >> Mandatory by the only HTML standard there is (Netscape and IE
    >> are not standards, but anti-standards), the W3C's.  Check the
    >> docs.

    Scott> then why doesn't W3C's own browser enforce it?

Because the rule of thumb is "don't spew yourself, but accept others'
spew where practical."

Browsers have to deal with a lot of legacy stuff out on the Web; they
can't afford to be too picky.

w3.el will tell you [BAD HTML] in the modeline, though.

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