Web Standards XHTML 1.0 Strict

Last post 11-02-2006 5:08 AM by iclements. 3 replies.

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  • Web Standards XHTML 1.0 Strict

    09-18-2006, 10:53 AM
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    • iclements
    • Joined on 09-18-2006, 10:41 AM
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    Have only recently started having a look at ATLAS and the control toolkit.  They both look very impressive although I am extremely disappointed that yet again none of the web developers involved in these projects thought it would be a good idea to stick to web standards. 

     Firstly the XML-Script causes validation issues but this is understandable.  However I have been playing around with the accordion control which is really well done but why were <div> elements put inside <span> elements.  Divs are block level, spans are inline and should not contain block level content it’s a really basic rule and I cant see a good reason why it would have been developed like this.  I was just wondering if future releases would be taking web standards/XHTML strict conformance  into account in future releases?

  • Re: Web Standards XHTML 1.0 Strict

    09-19-2006, 7:06 AM
    Hi iclements,

    This has been discussed before with issue 1675.  Changing the spans to divs breaks the way the Accordion works in Firefox.

    Thanks,
    Ted
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  • Re: Web Standards XHTML 1.0 Strict

    10-26-2006, 12:54 PM
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    • Duluoz
    • Joined on 09-15-2006, 4:55 PM
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    This issue should not have been closed. Do not force people to use alternative solutions to get around this seemingly sloppy issue. The excuse that the superfluous div tag is needed inside the span tag is a cop-out and an invalid solution. If the developers are having problems developing a proper solution, post the issues and lets work them out till we get an optimal solution. Don't just say - "well this breaks if we do it this way in Firefox".

  • Re: Web Standards XHTML 1.0 Strict

    11-02-2006, 5:08 AM
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    • iclements
    • Joined on 09-18-2006, 10:41 AM
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    Hi Duluoz,

    I posted a pretty much identical comment to yours on the codeplex site which hosts the toolkit project.  As a result and because a few other people have made a similar complaint hey have now re-opened the issue and added it as an official issue which will hopefully be fixed with the next alpha release.

     

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