The Web Runs On Tolerance
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If you've ever tried to write a computer program, you'll know the dread of a syntax error. An errant space and your code won't compile. Miss a semi-colon and the world collapses. Don't close your brackets and watch how the computer recoils in distress. The modern web isn't like that. You can make your HTML as malformed as you like and the web-browser will do its best to display the page for…
  • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
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    44 minutes ago

    Am I the only web developer that loved XHTML? I cannot stand XML these days but as a young web developer I actually loved being told “hey bro, your code sucks.” I was naïve and developing for Internet Explorer; it wasn’t until I’d switched to other browsers that I realized my HTML was pure shit. XHTML forced us to write HTML/XHTML properly.