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Re: MSIE5 better but still buggy (was: Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer)
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Mon, 20 Mar 2000 20:16:46 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
Thus, it appears that Netscape _went against_ the HTML 2.0 spec when it
implemented the <SELECT> tag, and that Microsoft _adhered_ to the HTML 2.0
spec when it implemented the <SELECT> tag.  We could say then that it's
actually the spec itself which is broken, since it provides no way to
guarantee that a multiple-select list box comes up with exactly zero items
preselected.  To its credit, in violating the HTML 2.0 spec, Netscape made
the <SELECT> tag work better than it was intended to.  It is unfortunate
(IMHO) that Microsoft did not also violate the spec.

Ok, just so I understand this, you're saying that MS, a company that is almost
universally condemned for _not_ adhering to standards, should have done what
others (and maybe you) have screamed about all along - that is violate those
standards?  :)

Ever heard the phrase _____ if they do, _____ if they don't?



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  Re: MSIE5 better but still buggy (was: Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer)
 
(...) I'm saying: IMHO, it is unfortunate that Microsoft did not do what Netscape did in that case, which was to violate the spec as Netscape did. The spec ended up changing in 4.0 anyway, so if MS has done what NN did, then at least the top 2 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: MSIE5 better but still buggy (was: Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer)
 
(...) Well, maybe you're right about that after all. According to section 8.1.3 of RFC1866[1] (HTML 2.0), "[t]he initial state has the first option selected, unless a SELECTED attribute is present on any of the <OPTION> elements." (This is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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