Another Reason for “No XHTML 1.1 STRICT”
January 25, 2006 – 23:43 | java, web-designFor me, other than the browser supporting issues cited by Brennan, one major and (I think) fairly practical obstable to adopting XML Strict is the difficulty to pop up a new browser window, simply because the ‘target’ attribute is being phased out. Of course, we can work around it with some Javascript stunt, just like what I’ve been doing with this blog site (I was in this “I’ve got to be strictly compliant” mode when I was putting together this site), but it just feels a bit silly after all the hoops, doesn’t it?
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2 Responses to “Another Reason for “No XHTML 1.1 STRICT””
Opening links in new windows is evil anyway. If I wanted a link to open in a new window, I’d do it myself.
By Charles Miller on Jan 26, 2006
I agree. I hate popups myself. But being a consultant, I can’t use “popups are evil” as an argument if the client wants it that way. Besides, it still makes sense in some cases. E.g., it has become perhaps semi-standard practice to use a popup for help text, like when the user clicks on the “?” next to a technical term during a ordering process.
By Jing Xue on Jan 26, 2006