From: Daniel Stenberg (Daniel.Stenberg@haxx.nu)
Date: Tue May 30 2000 - 13:21:19 CDT
On Tue, 30 May 2000, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> Personally, I use HomeSite to write HTML, and it will, by default,
> write *everything* in lowercase, and put quotes around the attributes.
Well, the tag names are case insensitive so it is just a matter of taste. My
taste says lowercase looks less "yellish" and is easier to read. :-)
I believe the quotes are supposed to be there around all attributes, even
though most, if not all, browsers accept and understand them without.
> Some people write color values in CAPS, some don't.
Another case of personal opinions. The standard says it doesn't matter.
> So, has no one come up with a standard rule for this stuff? (W3C???)
Yes they have. HTML is a standard, and you can find all sorts of info at
their site at http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/.
> Or are companies that make authoring programs (as well as the browsers)
> just oblivious to these rules??
Well they are, but I don't think as much as they used to be.
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