Comments on: Standards Rant #212 http://computer-vet.com/weblog/2003/09/26/standards-rant-212.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:26:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Scott Schrantz http://computer-vet.com/weblog/2003/09/26/standards-rant-212.html#comment-359 Scott Schrantz Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:15:45 +0000 http://computer-vet.com/blog/2003/09/26/standards-rant-212/#comment-359 Well, that where theoretically we put pressure on the tools vendors to update their products so they generate standards-friendly code. A pipe dream, perhaps, but they're in the same category as people who generate horrid HTML by hand; there's no valid reason for them to still be doing it. Market pressure created a standards-friendly Dreamweaver; if we keep it up, some of the other major vendors might eventually fall in line too.<p>That's going to be long road.</p> Well, that where theoretically we put pressure on the tools vendors to update their products so they generate standards-friendly code. A pipe dream, perhaps, but they're in the same category as people who generate horrid HTML by hand; there's no valid reason for them to still be doing it. Market pressure created a standards-friendly Dreamweaver; if we keep it up, some of the other major vendors might eventually fall in line too.

That's going to be long road.

]]> By: Ginger http://computer-vet.com/weblog/2003/09/26/standards-rant-212.html#comment-358 Ginger Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:59:32 +0000 http://computer-vet.com/blog/2003/09/26/standards-rant-212/#comment-358 So what do we do about portal technology (such as Oracle) that is spitting out horrid HTML 3.0/4.0? If portals are the future of enterprise web development, we'll never have a time where standards must be enforced through browsers. So what do we do about portal technology (such as Oracle) that is spitting out horrid HTML 3.0/4.0? If portals are the future of enterprise web development, we'll never have a time where standards must be enforced through browsers.

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